Weekly Toll: Workers Continue to Die In American Workplaces
Retired firefighter, 59, dies of 9/11-related cancer, 16 years after he spent weeks at Ground Zero New York, NY —…
Dispatches from the Front Lines of the Battle for Workplace Safety and Health: Short Stuff
“We need to be protecting our workers as much as protecting our shores.” So says former OSHA head Dr. David…
Weekly Toll: Made In America
Five fatalities in Pennsylvania this week and three in Colorado. Work accident kills Mansfield business owner MANSFIELD, PA — A…
Weekly Toll: The Tragedies Never End
Construction Worker Dies After Falling From Brooklyn Building: NYPD New York, NY — A construction worker fell from a building…
Nurse Stabbed: Victim of Deteriorating Mental Health Care System and No OSHA Workplace Violence Standard
“I’ve had a 33-year career and would say I’ve been assaulted at least 50 times if not more. I’ve been…
City Worker Killed. Too bad. So Sad. Move on.
Just another tragic story in America? Plainville DPW worker killed in accident PLAINVILLE , MA — A public works employee…
Some Bad News (about NY Dairy Workers), But Also Good News: Read All About It in Short Stuff
Milking the Workers? Farm worker advocates have published a survey of mostly undocumented Hispanic workers that describes discrimination and workplace…
Weekly Toll: Death on the Job
Milford Woman In Norwood Skyline Fall Dies MILFORD, MA — A worker who fell through a skyline on Broadway in…
Public Employees: Too Late to be Concerned After a Death
The Massachusetts Senate has voted to expand the death benefit for public employees who die on the job to $300,000.…
ICE Goes After Undocumented Worker Seeking Workers Compensation
Every worker has a right to a safe workplace — whether they’re documented or not. And workers in many states…