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,…
Weekly Toll: Labor Day and Families Mourn
Another WV mineworker killed, falls, machinery, chemical release, drowning, shootings, vehicular incidents and woman killed when hair drags her into…
Weekly Toll: Death on the Job
This list is a bit longer than usual because while I was on vacation, workers continued to die. This round:…
Heat: Summertime, and the Workers are Dying…
Last month, the Supreme Court dealt a serious blow to the efforts of the United States to address climate change.…
Weekly Toll: Killed at Work Last Week
Last week: Three more trench deaths and two workers killed in separate Oklahoma oil drilling incidents. Another worker missing for…
Monthly Toll
I’ve been gone the past few weeks and behind on memorializing those killed in the workplace. I’ll catch up this…
Weekly Toll: Killed on the Job
On average, almost 100 workers are killed every week in the United States due to traumatic injuries suffered at work.…
Weekly Toll: Killed on the Job
This week: Explosions, falls, forklift, shootings, machines, vehicle-related incidents. Lots of ways for workers to die on the job. On…
Weekly Toll: New Year Rings In With Teen-age Workers Killed
This week: A 16 year-old, an 18 year-old and a 19 year-old worker were killed on the job last week.…
Another Social Worker Killed: When will it end?
Deidre Silas, 36, an investigator for the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS), was stabbed to death Tuesday…