Weekly Toll: Killed on the Job
Last week workers were killed in explosions, trench collapse, electrocution, vehicle accidents, shootings, crushed by machinery and stomped by a…
Weekly Toll: Don’t Forget Us
Last Thursday, the Department of Labor held a Workers Memorial Day ceremony in Washington DC. OSHA’s family liaison, Tonya Ford…
Weekly Toll: Death on the Job
Next Sunday is Workers Memorial Day when, in the words of Mother Jones, we take a minute to “mourn the…
Weekly Toll: Death on the Job
Two highway construction workers, a flagger and a tow truck driver killed, three tree cutting deaths, teen killed on hog…
Weekly Toll: Killed at Work
How workers died last week: Falls, vehicle incidents, shootings and a number of unexplained “industrial accidents”. On average, over 100…
Weekly Toll: Devastated Families, Friends and Co-workers
How workers died last week: Five workers killed in separate building collapses, workers crushed to death, falls, vehicle incidents, shootings,…
Weekly Toll: Killed at Work
How workers died last week: Two workers, including a teenager dies on farms, vehicle incidents, drowning, firefighting, stabbing, helicopter crash.…
Weekly Toll: Carnage in the Workplace
Workers crushed under semi-trailer, under mobile home and by thousands of pounds of dirt in an unprotected trench. Shootings, falls,…
Weekly Toll: Thoughts and Prayers Are Not Enough
How workers died last week: Crushed under loading ramp, murdered at group home, killed in tree-trimming incident, shootings, falls, vehicle…
Weekly Toll: 2023 Ends With More Death in the Workplace
How workers died over the last couple of weeks: Two workers killed in trench collapses, worker crushed under 90,000-pound trailer,…