Weekly Toll: Killed on the Job
In this report, workers died tree-trimming incidents, grain bin, falls, drowning, electrocution, shootings and vehicular incidents. On average, over 100…
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In this report, workers died tree-trimming incidents, grain bin, falls, drowning, electrocution, shootings and vehicular incidents. On average, over 100…
As I summarized last week, the Bureau of Labor Statistics issued its annual Census on Fatal Occupational Injuries for 2021.…
How workers died last week. Healthcare workers shot and stabbed, cranes, forklifts, drowning, explosions, shootings and traffic incidents. On average,…
How workers died last week. Ground up in a wood chipper, killed on the tracks, crushed by garage door, traffic…
Another WV mineworker killed, falls, machinery, chemical release, drowning, shootings, vehicular incidents and woman killed when hair drags her into…
I was on vacation last week, so this is a longer list than usual. Another trench collapse, falls, shootings, traffic…
As we pass the midpoint of 2022, we may be headed to a new record for trench collapse fatalities. Dare…
Three trench deaths last week (on top of three the week before), a 16-year old killed driving heavy equipment, mining…
On average, almost 100 workers are killed every week in the United States due to traumatic injuries suffered at work.…
I’ve been gone the past few weeks and behind on memorializing those killed in the workplace. I’ll catch up this…