Weekly Toll: Who Didn’t Come Home From Work Last Week
Officer dies after falling off on-ramp to Poplar Street Bridge during struggle with 2 suspects EAST ST. LOUIS, IL –…
Weekly Toll: Workers Die at Gas Stations, Construction Sites, Bowling Alleys, Chicken Processing Plants, in Rivers and Falling off Buildings
Boom truck hits power lines in Flagler, electrocuting 2 workers PALM COAST, Fla. – Two construction workers were electrocuted Monday…
Weekly Toll: Workers Killed on the Job Last Week
Corrections officer at Oak Park Heights dies after helping colleague attacked by inmate Oak Park Heights, MN — A corrections…
Weekly Toll: Workers Killed on the Job Over the Past Two Weeks
2 firefighters killed as blaze rages in northern California REDDING, CALIF. —The National Park Service reports a second firefighter has…
Weekly Toll: Workplace Deaths Over the Last Two Weeks
I took a week off compiling this list. No change in the deadly work that American workers do, except that…
Weekly Toll: Last Week’s Workplace Fatalities
Another week, and another list of preventable deaths. Two double fatalities this week: Two workers killed in a power plant…
Weekly Toll: Workers Die Every Other Hour of Every Day
Tree trimmer dies in accident at Stanford housing complex Palo Alto, CA — A 36-year-old man died while working on…
Workers Memorial Day Around the Country
Workers Memorial Day events were held around the world last weekend. Here are some articles about many of the US…
Weekly Toll: Public employees, workplace violence and death in a tire-shredder
I’ve been away, so it’s a long, depressing list this week. Lowlights include 11 public employees in states that don’t…
Weekly Toll: Explosions, Electrocutions and Three More Tow Truck Drivers
Ames Company Releases Details in Employee’s Workplace Death AMES, Iowa — An Ames company has confirmed one of its employees…