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.…
Weekly Toll
Workers crushed in yet another trench collapse, caught in machinery, crushed under falling equipment, killed in explosions, falling from heights,…
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.…
Weekly Toll: Losses In The Holiday Season
How workers died last week. Electrocutions, tow trucks, railroad, falls, coal pile collapse, traffic, shootings….. On average, almost 100 workers…
Weekly Toll: Killed on the Job
How workers died last week. Yet another trench collapse, rail explosion, frozen to death, fall off an overpass, traffic, shooting…..…
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: Killed on the Job
How workers died last week: falls, shootings, vehicles, tree work, electrocution, dog attack. On average, almost 100 workers are killed…
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:…
Weekly Toll: Killed on the Job
Last week: Workers electrocuted, died of heat exposure and crushed by bulldozer, under machinery, and beneath a collapsed bridge. Falls…
Weekly Toll: Killed at Work
Three trench deaths last week (on top of three the week before), a 16-year old killed driving heavy equipment, mining…