Weekly Toll: More Death on the Job
Last week, workers were electrocuted, killed in explosions, a coal mine, shootings, falls, fires and traffic incidents. On average, over…
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Last week, workers were electrocuted, killed in explosions, a coal mine, shootings, falls, fires and traffic incidents. On average, over…
Over the last week, worker shot for “brandishing” company-issued cutter, workers killed in chemical tank explosion, electrocutions, falls, forklift, vehicle…
How workers died last week. Healthcare workers shot and stabbed, cranes, forklifts, drowning, explosions, shootings and traffic incidents. On average,…
Yet another trench collapse, preventable falls, oilfield explosion and workers killed unjamming machinery. Two weeks of workplace death. On average,…
I’ve been away, so we’ll be catching up this week and next. This time we have another trench collapse, a…
Last week: Three more trench deaths and two workers killed in separate Oklahoma oil drilling incidents. Another worker missing for…
Two trench deaths last week (on top of three the week before and three the week before that). On average,…
Three trench deaths last week (on top of three the week before), a 16-year old killed driving heavy equipment, mining…
I’ve been gone the past few weeks and behind on memorializing those killed in the workplace. I’ll catch up this…
On average, almost 100 workers are killed every week in the United States due to traumatic injuries suffered at work.…