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: 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…
Weekly Toll: Killed on the Job
I was away for a couple of weeks, so running behind. In this report, workers died from falls, drowned, were…
Weekly Toll: Working the Final Shift
Over the last week, worker shot for “brandishing” company-issued cutter, workers killed in chemical tank explosion, electrocutions, falls, forklift, vehicle…
Public Employee Deaths: Preventable, But Not Prevented
This week’s Weekly Toll included the deaths of two public employees. One in Missouri and one in Georgia. Both died…
Weekly Toll: Killed at work
Over the last week, two EMTs killed, a couple of logging deaths, storm-related fatalities, falls, shootings, vehicular incidents. All in…
Last Weekly Toll of the Year
Last week: Workers die in machinery-related deaths, electrocution, traffic incidents, falls, shootings. Just a few of the ways workers died…
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
Workers crushed in yet another trench collapse, caught in machinery, crushed under falling equipment, killed in explosions, falling from heights,…
Weekly Toll: Died at Work
How workers died last week. Electrocutions, tow trucks, railroad, crushed by materials, gas leaks, shootings, vehicles ….. On average, almost…