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,…
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Yet another trench collapse, preventable falls, oilfield explosion and workers killed unjamming machinery. Two weeks of workplace death. On average,…
On average, almost 100 workers are killed every week in the United States due to traumatic injuries suffered at work.…
I’ve been away, so this week’s list of workers killed on the job is longer than usual. On average, almost…
The oldest this week: 65 The youngest: 16 Train worker killed when guiding train out of railyard Houston, TX —…
This is a weekly list of some workers killed on the job over the past week. This is the first…
When I walked into my new job at AFSCME on November 1, 1982, I was immediately given the workplace safety…
Check out the graphic on the right. What’s wrong with that picture? Somehow workers keep dying in trench collapses. Just…
Workers Memorial Day events were held around the world last weekend. Here are some articles about many of the US…
I’ve been away, so it’s a long, depressing list this week. Lowlights include 11 public employees in states that don’t…
In the unlikely event that anyone out there was thinking that workplace fatalities were fading into the past, check out…