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,…
Weekly Toll: Gruesome Week in the American Workplace
Gruesome week in the American workplace. Worker pulled head-first into wood chipper. MTA subway worker dragged to his death by…
Weekly Toll: Empty Seats at Thanksgiving
Either fewer workers were killed Thanksgiving week (because fewer were working) or fewer reporters reported on workplace fatalities (because fewer…
Weekly Toll: The Final Shift
How workers died last week: Two hospital workers killed, machinery, forklift, logging and vehicle incidents, falls, shootings. On average, over…
Weekly Toll: Killed on the Job
How workers died last week: Falls, crushed by an excavator, machinery and vehicle incidents, explosion, electrocution. On average, over 100…
Weekly Toll: Death on the Job
How workers died last week: Workplace violence, mine building collapse, firefighting, drowning, tree care, shooting, vehicle incidents. On average, over…
Weekly Toll: Death on the Job
How workers died last week: falls, machinery and vehicle incidents, forklifts, shootings, cranes, firefighting, grain auger. On average, over 100…
Weekly Toll: Death on the Job Takes No Vacation
I’ve been on vacation — but death in the workplace takes no breaks. Over the last couple of weeks, two…
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: Not Coming Home From Work
How workers died last week: Electrocution, falls, machinery, vehicle incidents, tree care, drowning and shootings. On average, over 100 workers…