Weekly Toll: Failure to Survive Work
Two trench deaths last week (on top of three the week before and three the week before that). On average,…
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…
Monthly Toll
I’ve been gone the past few weeks and behind on memorializing those killed in the workplace. I’ll catch up this…
Weekly Toll: Remember the Dead…
On average, almost 100 workers are killed every week in the United States due to traumatic injuries suffered at work.…
Weekly Toll: Children, Parents and Friends
This week: 16 year old McDonald’s worker shot, mine worker killed, workers run over by bulldozers, killed in fire, crushed…
Weekly Toll: Punching Out for the Last Time
I’ve been away, so this week’s list of workers killed on the job is longer than usual. On average, almost…
Weekly Toll: Killed on the Job
On average, almost 100 workers are killed every week in the United States due to traumatic injuries suffered at work.…
Weekly Toll: The Last Shift
This week: Trench collapse, fires, shootings and stabbings, vehicle-related incidents, logging. Never short of different ways for workers to die…
Preventing Deaths in the Season of the Trench
Sometimes it’s hard to remember with all the bad news around OSHA’s authority to protect workers from COVID-19, that there…
Weekly Toll: Another Empty Chair at the Thanksgiving Table
Trench collapses, falls, shootings, building and bridge collapses, vehicle incidents. On average, 14 workers are killed every day in the…