Weekly Toll: Death on the Job
Last Week workers were killed in explosions, falls, shootings, tree cutting, vehicle incidents and trapped in a freezer. On average,…
Weekly Toll: Death on the Job
Last week: Workers killed fighting fires, falling off buildings, crushed under pallets and walls, hit by a train, mauled by…
Weekly Toll
Last week, workers were killed in falls, machinery, chemical plant explosion, shootings, plane crashes, electrocutions and vehicular incidents. On average,…
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…
Empty Chairs for the Holidays: The Weekly Toll
As I summarized last week, the Bureau of Labor Statistics issued its annual Census on Fatal Occupational Injuries for 2021.…
Weekly Toll: Killed At Work
How workers died last week. Healthcare workers shot and stabbed, cranes, forklifts, drowning, explosions, shootings and traffic incidents. On average,…
Weekly Toll: How Workers Die in the United States
How workers died last week. Ground up in a wood chipper, killed on the tracks, crushed by garage door, traffic…
Weekly Toll: Labor Day and Families Mourn
Another WV mineworker killed, falls, machinery, chemical release, drowning, shootings, vehicular incidents and woman killed when hair drags her into…
Weekly Toll: Killed on the Job
I was on vacation last week, so this is a longer list than usual. Another trench collapse, falls, shootings, traffic…
Epidemic of Trench Deaths in First Half of 2022
As we pass the midpoint of 2022, we may be headed to a new record for trench collapse fatalities. Dare…