Weekly Toll: Killed on the Job
Yet another trench collapse, assaults on nurse and social worker, wood chipper, two tow truck driver deaths, falls, fire, drowning.…
A newsletter of workplace safety and labor issues
Yet another trench collapse, assaults on nurse and social worker, wood chipper, two tow truck driver deaths, falls, fire, drowning.…
How workers died last week. Electrocutions, tow trucks, railroad, crushed by materials, gas leaks, shootings, vehicles ….. On average, almost…
How workers died last week. Ground up in a wood chipper, killed on the tracks, crushed by garage door, traffic…
Yet another trench collapse, preventable falls, oilfield explosion and workers killed unjamming machinery. Two weeks of workplace death. On average,…
Drowned in a trench, suffocated in a corn silo, crushed under a stone, Trench Collapse, grain silo suffocation, falls, burned…
How workers died last week: falls, shootings, vehicles, tree work, electrocution, dog attack. On average, almost 100 workers are killed…
This list is a bit longer than usual because while I was on vacation, workers continued to die. This round:…
I’ve been away, so we’ll be catching up this week and next. This time we have another trench collapse, a…
I was on vacation last week, so this is a longer list than usual. Another trench collapse, falls, shootings, traffic…
Last week: Workers electrocuted, died of heat exposure and crushed by bulldozer, under machinery, and beneath a collapsed bridge. Falls…