Weekly Toll: The Monthly Version
FedEx truck driver killed after crashing over highway in Texas DALLAS, TX — A fiery crash killed the driver of…
Weekly Toll: Another group of workers join the list those who didn’t make it through the workday
Parkland School Teachers Killed in Shooting Parkland, FL — Three school employees were among the 17 persons killed in the…
Weekly Toll: Public employees, workplace violence and death in a tire-shredder
I’ve been away, so it’s a long, depressing list this week. Lowlights include 11 public employees in states that don’t…
Weekly Toll: Tow Truck Drivers, Cops, Truck Drivers, School Workers — Not Coming Home
Much-Loved Tow Driver Killed While Helping Stranded Motorist Saginaw, MI — For many, tow-truck driving may not seem like a…
Boiled to Death, Buried Alive and Leg Ripped Off: The Stories Behind the Statistics
One of the fathers of occupational health, Irving Selikoff, once said that “statistics are people with the tears wiped away.”…
The Weekly Toll: More Workers Not Coming Home
Firefighter battling SoCal wildfire dies from ‘thermal injuries, smoke inhalation’ SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (AP) — A firefighter died Thursday while…
Weekly Toll: Falls, Trench Collapses, Shootings, Traffic Incidents. All In a Day’s Work
1 killed, 1 injured in scaffolding collapse at Md. elementary school construction site FREDERICK COUNTY, Md. (WJLA) — A subcontractor…
Weekly Toll: The Bell Continues to Toll For American Workers
Bentleyville man dies at ArcelorMittal plant in Monessen Monessen, PA — A Bentleyville man died Sunday night at the ArcelorMittal…
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…
The Weekly Toll: The Deaths Just Keep On Happening
Rockford police officer killed after traffic stop ROCKFORD, Ill. — A Rockford police officer was killed in the line of…