Empty Chairs for the Holidays: The Weekly Toll
As I summarized last week, the Bureau of Labor Statistics issued its annual Census on Fatal Occupational Injuries for 2021.…
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As I summarized last week, the Bureau of Labor Statistics issued its annual Census on Fatal Occupational Injuries for 2021.…
Yet another trench collapse, preventable falls, oilfield explosion and workers killed unjamming machinery. Two weeks of workplace death. On average,…
This week: Trench collapse, fires, shootings and stabbings, vehicle-related incidents, logging. Never short of different ways for workers to die…
The oldest this week: 65 The youngest: 16 Train worker killed when guiding train out of railyard Houston, TX —…
When I walked into my new job at AFSCME on November 1, 1982, I was immediately given the workplace safety…
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
Another week, and another list of preventable deaths. Two double fatalities this week: Two workers killed in a power plant…
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…