Weekly Toll: Tow Truck Drivers, Cops, Truck Drivers, School Workers — Not Coming Home
Much-Loved Tow Driver Killed While Helping Stranded Motorist Saginaw, MI — For many, tow-truck driving may not seem like a…
Weekly Toll: Last Workers to Die in 2017. Let’s hope 2018 is better
Bad couple of weeks for workers in Kansas and firefighters across the country. Also two trench deaths and a food…
The Weekly Toll: More Workers Not Coming Home
Firefighter battling SoCal wildfire dies from ‘thermal injuries, smoke inhalation’ SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (AP) — A firefighter died Thursday while…
Weekly Toll: Falls, Trench Collapses, Shootings, Traffic Incidents. All In a Day’s Work
1 killed, 1 injured in scaffolding collapse at Md. elementary school construction site FREDERICK COUNTY, Md. (WJLA) — A subcontractor…
Weekly Toll: The Bell Continues to Toll For American Workers
Bentleyville man dies at ArcelorMittal plant in Monessen Monessen, PA — A Bentleyville man died Sunday night at the ArcelorMittal…
The Weekly Toll: The Deaths Just Keep On Happening
Rockford police officer killed after traffic stop ROCKFORD, Ill. — A Rockford police officer was killed in the line of…
Weekly Toll: Work Continues Its Deadly Course
Bourbonnais Man Dies From Possible Pesticide Exposure In Chicago Ridge CHICAGO RIDGE, IL — A Bourbonnais man died after he…
The Weekly Toll: Three Weeks and the List Goes On and On and On
Auto shop worker fatally pinned in Montevideo MONTEVIDEO, Minn. (AP) — Police say the death of an auto shop worker…
Weekly Toll: Workers Not Coming Home This Week
68-year-old man killed in workplace accident in Hall County Atlanta, GA — The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is investigating.…
Weekly Toll: Workers’ Deaths Are Not Statistics
A couple of comments before we get to this week’s list. We’ve written about OSHA’s unfortunate decision to remove the…