Weekly Toll: Workers Killed Over the Past Week
On average, 14 workers are killed every day in the United States due to traumatic injuries suffered at work. That’s…
Weekly Toll: The Final Shift
The oldest this week: 65 The youngest: 16 Train worker killed when guiding train out of railyard Houston, TX —…
Weekly Toll: Wood Chippers, Guns, Falls,Vehicles — How Workers Die
This is a weekly list of some workers killed on the job over the past week. I collect this information…
Public Employees: Still Second-Class Citizens After 51 Years
When I walked into my new job at AFSCME on November 1, 1982, I was immediately given the workplace safety…
The Last Weekly Toll: They Shall Not Be Forgotten
This is the last Weekly Toll. The last list of workers killed in a fall, crushed under a dirt compactor,…
Weekly Toll: Workers Killed on the Job in the Last Two Weeks
Not a good couple of weeks to be a worker in Florida -- six workplace fatalities. But then, for many…
Weekly Toll: The Last Shift
Line worker killed by falling tree in Middletown MIDDLETOWN, Conn. (WTNH) – An Eversource subcontractor was killed in Middletown on…
Weekly Toll: Workers Who Punched in, but Never Punched Out Last Week
Florida Construction Worker Killed After Being Trapped Under Crane at Marina Bradenton, FL — Authorities say a construction worker was…
Weekly Toll: Three Weeks of Death on the Job
Excuse the length of this depressing exercise, but I’ve been away for a couple of weeks and unlike me, workplace…
Weekly Toll: Death In the Workplace
U.P. woman dies in workplace accident in Mackinac County MACKINAC COUNTY, Mich., (WPBN/WGTU) — An Upper Peninsula woman is dead…