Weekly Toll: Mourning for the Dead
Last Week was Workers Memorial Day. Workers were killed in yet another trench collapse, petroleum plant explosion, falls, shootings, tree…
Weekly Toll: How Workers Died Last Week
Last week workers were crushed in a trench collapse, machinery and by a falling pipe. A worker died of a…
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…
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…
Weekly Toll: Killed at work
Over the last week, two EMTs killed, a couple of logging deaths, storm-related fatalities, falls, shootings, vehicular incidents. All in…
Dispatches From the Front Lines of Workplace Safety and Health
What’s happening in the world of workplace safety and health? Lots. And lots of work to be done. Here are…
Weekly Toll: Killed on the Job
How workers died last week. Yet another trench collapse, rail explosion, frozen to death, fall off an overpass, traffic, shooting…..…
Weekly Toll: Killed At Work
How workers died last week. Healthcare workers shot and stabbed, cranes, forklifts, drowning, explosions, shootings and traffic incidents. On average,…
Weekly Toll: Labor Day and Families Mourn
Another WV mineworker killed, falls, machinery, chemical release, drowning, shootings, vehicular incidents and woman killed when hair drags her into…
Weekly Toll: Death on the Job
This list is a bit longer than usual because while I was on vacation, workers continued to die. This round:…