“Weird Noise Coming From the Chipper” as Employee is Dragged to his Death
This article by Elizabeth Floyd Mair of the Altamont Enterprise is a rare summary of a court case involving an…
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…
Weekly Toll: The Last Two Weeks of Carnage in the American Workplace
These reports always contain an surprising and upsetting diversity of ways to die in the workplace. The last couple of…
Weekly Toll: Work Continues Its Deadly Course
Bourbonnais Man Dies From Possible Pesticide Exposure In Chicago Ridge CHICAGO RIDGE, IL — A Bourbonnais man died after he…
The Weekly Toll: Three Weeks and the List Goes On and On and On
Auto shop worker fatally pinned in Montevideo MONTEVIDEO, Minn. (AP) — Police say the death of an auto shop worker…
Dairy Workers: Suffocating in Manure
Tim Craig has written a very good, if disturbing article in the Washington Post about hazardous conditions for dairy farm…
Weekly Toll: Workers Not Coming Home This Week
68-year-old man killed in workplace accident in Hall County Atlanta, GA — The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is investigating.…
Weekly Toll: Workers Continue to Die In American Workplaces
Retired firefighter, 59, dies of 9/11-related cancer, 16 years after he spent weeks at Ground Zero New York, NY —…