Weekly Toll: Killed on the Job
I was away for a couple of weeks, so running behind. In this report, workers died from falls, drowned, were…
A newsletter of workplace safety and labor issues
I was away for a couple of weeks, so running behind. In this report, workers died from falls, drowned, were…
Workers crushed in yet another trench collapse, caught in machinery, crushed under falling equipment, killed in explosions, falling from heights,…
Notes: Seven of the 21 deaths listed here this week were from falls. Hard to believe. Gravity is not a…
Man run over while overhauling bus at Chicago Heights junkyard Chicago, IL — A man died after being run over by…
I’ve been away, so it’s a long, depressing list this week. Lowlights include 11 public employees in states that don’t…
Bad couple of weeks for workers in Kansas and firefighters across the country. Also two trench deaths and a food…
Firefighter battling SoCal wildfire dies from ‘thermal injuries, smoke inhalation’ SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (AP) — A firefighter died Thursday while…
At a Congressional hearing last month, Secretary of Labor Alex Acosta extolled the virtues of compliance assistance, cooperation over confrontation…
Worker found dead, pinned in NYC elevator shaft NEW YORK (AP) — Police say a construction worker was found dead,…
Five fatalities in Pennsylvania this week and three in Colorado. Work accident kills Mansfield business owner MANSFIELD, PA — A…