Weekly Toll: Mourning for the Dead
Last week workers were decapitated in a vehicle crash, crushed in a trench collapse, caught in machinery and killed in…
A newsletter of workplace safety and labor issues
Last week workers were decapitated in a vehicle crash, crushed in a trench collapse, caught in machinery and killed in…
Over the last week, two EMTs killed, a couple of logging deaths, storm-related fatalities, falls, shootings, vehicular incidents. All in…
Yet another trench collapse, assaults on nurse and social worker, wood chipper, two tow truck driver deaths, falls, fire, drowning.…
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…
Line worker killed by falling tree in Middletown MIDDLETOWN, Conn. (WTNH) – An Eversource subcontractor was killed in Middletown on…
Florida Construction Worker Killed After Being Trapped Under Crane at Marina Bradenton, FL — Authorities say a construction worker was…
Firefighter dies after propane tank explodes in Tilford Rapid City, SD — A local firefighter died Friday afternoon while fighting…
Today is Memorial Day when we remember those who gave their lives defending this country and the freedoms we defend…
Check out the graphic on the right. What’s wrong with that picture? Somehow workers keep dying in trench collapses. Just…