Weekly Toll: Workplace Death Takes No Summer Vacation
On average, almost 100 workers are killed every week in the United States due to traumatic injuries suffered at work.…
A newsletter of workplace safety and labor issues
On average, almost 100 workers are killed every week in the United States due to traumatic injuries suffered at work.…
I’ve been gone the past few weeks and behind on memorializing those killed in the workplace. I’ll catch up this…
This week: Falls, building collapse, vehicle incidents, shootings, drowning. On average, almost 100 workers are killed every week in the…
West Virginia miners beat back an attempt this week to weaken their mine safety protections. West Virginia mine worker Steven…
This week: 16 year old McDonald’s worker shot, mine worker killed, workers run over by bulldozers, killed in fire, crushed…
This week: Trench collapse, fires, shootings and stabbings, vehicle-related incidents, logging. Never short of different ways for workers to die…
When I walked into my new job at AFSCME on November 1, 1982, I was immediately given the workplace safety…
This is the last Weekly Toll. The last list of workers killed in a fall, crushed under a dirt compactor,…
Not a good couple of weeks to be a worker in Florida -- six workplace fatalities. But then, for many…
2018 is gone and buried. What happened in the world of workplace safety and health? What can we learn that…