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…
A newsletter of workplace safety and labor issues
How workers died last week. Ground up in a wood chipper, killed on the tracks, crushed by garage door, traffic…
Yet another trench collapse, preventable falls, oilfield explosion and workers killed unjamming machinery. Two weeks of workplace death. On average,…
Silo suffocation, refinery fire, highway construction, wildfire, electrocution — all the ways that workers died last week. n average, almost…
Drowned in a trench, suffocated in a corn silo, crushed under a stone, Trench Collapse, grain silo suffocation, falls, burned…
I’ve been away, so we’ll be catching up this week and next. This time we have another trench collapse, a…
I was on vacation last week, so this is a longer list than usual. Another trench collapse, falls, shootings, traffic…
Last week: Workers electrocuted, died of heat exposure and crushed by bulldozer, under machinery, and beneath a collapsed bridge. Falls…
Three trench deaths last week (on top of three the week before), a 16-year old killed driving heavy equipment, mining…
Last week: Three killed in trench collapses, Ohio public employee (with no OSHA coverage) dies in wastewater treatment plant, firefighter…
On average, almost 100 workers are killed every week in the United States due to traumatic injuries suffered at work.…