Weekly Toll: Killed on the Job
I’ve been traveling for a few weeks, so this and next week’s list will be a bit longer than usual.…
Weekly Toll: Killed on the Job
Last week two workers were killed in grain facilities, 8 migrant farmworkers were killed in a traffic incident, workers were…
Weekly Toll: Killed on the Job
Last week workers were killed in explosions, trench collapse, electrocution, vehicle accidents, shootings, crushed by machinery and stomped by a…
Weekly Toll: Don’t Forget Us
Last Thursday, the Department of Labor held a Workers Memorial Day ceremony in Washington DC. OSHA’s family liaison, Tonya Ford…
Weekly Toll: How Workers Die
How workers died last week: Two trenching fatalities, electrocution, falls, fires, public employee drowning, machinery deaths, shootings, stabbing, vehicle incidents.…
Weekly Toll: Death in the Workplace
How workers died last week: Covered in molten steel, pinned between doors, hot air balloon crash, ski lift accident, chemical…
Weekly Toll: Carnage in the Workplace
Workers crushed under semi-trailer, under mobile home and by thousands of pounds of dirt in an unprotected trench. Shootings, falls,…
Weekly Toll: Empty Seats for the Holidays
Many families are not having a happy holiday. How Workers Died Last Week: Killed by falling block, crushed in machinery,…
Weekly Toll: Death on the Job
How workers died last week: falls, machinery and vehicle incidents, forklifts, shootings, cranes, firefighting, grain auger. On average, over 100…
Weekly Toll: Death on the Job Takes No Vacation
I’ve been on vacation — but death in the workplace takes no breaks. Over the last couple of weeks, two…