Weekly Toll: Say Their Names
Three 18-year-olds dead. How workers died last week: Electrocution, falls, machinery, vehicle incidents, tree care, drowning, forklift, confined space and…
Weekly Toll: No Holiday From Workplace Death
Trench collapse, falling trees, traffic incidents, building collapses, shootings, falls. On average, almost 100 workers are killed every day in…
To The Gates of Hell: Republican Opposition to OSHA’s COVID Vax/Test Mandate
Armageddon is coming — courtesy of a few Republican governors who believe that strong opposition to vaccine mandates has become…
Public Employees: Still Second-Class Citizens After 51 Years
When I walked into my new job at AFSCME on November 1, 1982, I was immediately given the workplace safety…
Weekly Toll: Workplace Deaths Continue into New Year
Supermarket Employee Killed in Fall from Ladder Pasco, WA — A supermarket employee, Duoc Tran, fell to his death at…
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: Falls, shootings, explosions — and two more tow truck drivers
Man found dead, pinned underneath Bobcat in York County PARADISE TWP., PA — A New Oxford man died Monday afternoon…
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…
OSHA Enforcement Update: Large Cases, More Press Releases.
At a Congressional hearing last month, Secretary of Labor Alex Acosta extolled the virtues of compliance assistance, cooperation over confrontation…
The Weekly Toll: Death In The American Workplace
Man killed by falling tree in Brentwood BRENTWOOD, N.H. — A workplace accident took a tragic turn when a local…