Weekly Toll: End of Watch
Yet another trench collapse, preventable falls, oilfield explosion and workers killed unjamming machinery. Two weeks of workplace death. On average,…
Short Stuff: Dispatches From the Front Lines of Workplace Safety
Little Fires Everywhere…at Amazon Neither rain, no sleet, nor snow stops the US mail. Apparently for Amazon, that also includes…
Weekly Toll: Death at Work
Silo suffocation, refinery fire, highway construction, wildfire, electrocution — all the ways that workers died last week. n average, almost…
Weekly Toll: Crushed, Buried, Suffocated on the Job
Drowned in a trench, suffocated in a corn silo, crushed under a stone, Trench Collapse, grain silo suffocation, falls, burned…
Elise Stefanik and the Republican War on Workers
New York Republican Congresswoman Elise Stefanik is a piece of work. This comes as no surprise to anyone who follows…
Weekly Toll: Killed on the Job
How workers died last week: falls, shootings, vehicles, tree work, electrocution, dog attack. On average, almost 100 workers are killed…
Weekly Toll: Death on the Job
This list is a bit longer than usual because while I was on vacation, workers continued to die. This round:…
Weekly Toll: Death on the Job
I’ve been away, so we’ll be catching up this week and next. This time we have another trench collapse, a…
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…
Weekly Toll: Killed at Work Last Week
Last week: Three more trench deaths and two workers killed in separate Oklahoma oil drilling incidents. Another worker missing for…