Hiding Unsafe Conditions Behind Suicide
I have no great affection for employers who fail to provide a safe workplace — as the law and common…
Weekly Toll: Killed in the Workplace
How workers died last week: trench collapse, explosions, electrocution, falls, vehicle incidents, shootings. On average, over 100 workers are killed…
Weekly Toll: Lost in the Workplace
Last week workers were killed in falls, explosions, fire, logging incidents, shootings, vehicle crashes, construction incidents, a grain silo collapse…
Weekly Toll: Killed on the Job
A particularly tragic week in the workplace. Another heat death, teenager killed, 3 workers die in scaffold collapse, two workers…
Heat Kills Another Texas Worker After Abbott Rescinds Heat Protections
Heat has killed another Texas worker. The Galveston County Medical Examiner’s Office has confirmed that 46-year-old construction worker Felipe Pascual…
Weekly Toll: Death at Work
Last week workers were died of heat stroke, were ingested into an airplane engine, killed in explosions, falls and traffic…
Worker Dies of Heat Stroke 6 days After Abbott Signs Bill Repealing Heat Protections
Less than a week after Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed a bill that will repeal measures in Austin and Dallas…
Greg Abbott’s Texas: Where Workers Go To Die
The competition to be the nation’s worst Governor can’t be easy these days, especially when you’re going up against Florida…
Weekly Toll: Workers Who Will Not Be Coming Home
Last week workers were electrocuted, killed in a trench collapse, died in falls, crushed by machinery, shot and a bunch…
Weekly Toll: Killed on the Job
Last week, workers were crushed in machines, and killed in falls, shootings, vehicular incidents and tree trimming. And a 16-year…