Weekly Toll: Wood Chippers, Guns, Falls,Vehicles — How Workers Die
This is a weekly list of some workers killed on the job over the past week. I collect this information…
Weekly Toll: Those Who Didn’t Come Home
This is a weekly list of some workers killed on the job over the past week. This is the first…
Public Employees: Still Second-Class Citizens After 51 Years
When I walked into my new job at AFSCME on November 1, 1982, I was immediately given the workplace safety…
The Last Weekly Toll: They Shall Not Be Forgotten
This is the last Weekly Toll. The last list of workers killed in a fall, crushed under a dirt compactor,…
Weekly Toll: Workers Killed on the Job in the Last Two Weeks
Not a good couple of weeks to be a worker in Florida -- six workplace fatalities. But then, for many…
Weekly Toll: Holiday Season Provides No Vacation From Workplace Death
Weekly Toll: Holiday Season Provides No Vacation From Workplace Death
Today in Mining History: December 19, 1984 and 1907
Darr Mine Fire: Dec. 19, 1907 At 11:30 a.m., a massive explosion rocked the Darr Mine of the Pittsburgh Coal…
Weekly Toll: Workers Who Punched in, but Never Punched Out Last Week
Florida Construction Worker Killed After Being Trapped Under Crane at Marina Bradenton, FL — Authorities say a construction worker was…
Weekly Toll: Human Statistics Who Won’t Be Coming Home
A list of a few of the workers in this country who died on the job last week.
Weekly Toll: Three Weeks of Death on the Job
Excuse the length of this depressing exercise, but I’ve been away for a couple of weeks and unlike me, workplace…