This Day in Workplace Safety History: Sago
Today is the 13th anniversary of the Sago Mine disaster that killed 12 miners and led to a sweeping modernization…
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Today is the 13th anniversary of the Sago Mine disaster that killed 12 miners and led to a sweeping modernization…
Notes: Seven of the 21 deaths listed here this week were from falls. Hard to believe. Gravity is not a…
Boom truck hits power lines in Flagler, electrocuting 2 workers PALM COAST, Fla. – Two construction workers were electrocuted Monday…
Charleston Gazette-Mail reporter Ken Ward is a rare specimen in many ways. First, he’s a journalist — and there aren’t…
Erie man killed in North East workplace accident NORTH EAST, PA — The Pennsylvania State Police and the Erie County…
Man run over while overhauling bus at Chicago Heights junkyard Chicago, IL — A man died after being run over…
Death Toll in California’s Carr Wildfire Raises to 7 as Utility Worker Dies CLEARLAKE, Calif. — A utility worker was…
While most of the discussion of President Trump’s nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court focuses on the possibility…
Another week, and another list of preventable deaths. Two double fatalities this week: Two workers killed in a power plant…
Man dies in pressroom accident at Pennsylvania newspaper ALLENTOWN, Pa. — A contractor (Ruben Ocasio-Fernandez, 32)became trapped underneath a piece…