Weekly Toll: Death on the Job Takes No Vacation
I’ve been on vacation — but death in the workplace takes no breaks. Over the last couple of weeks, two…
Weekly Toll: Workers Who Will Not Be Coming Home
Last week workers were electrocuted, killed in a trench collapse, died in falls, crushed by machinery, shot and a bunch…
Last Weekly Toll of the Year
Last week: Workers die in machinery-related deaths, electrocution, traffic incidents, falls, shootings. Just a few of the ways workers died…
Weekly Toll: Killed on the Job
How workers died last week: falls, shootings, vehicles, tree work, electrocution, dog attack. On average, almost 100 workers are killed…
Monthly Toll
I’ve been gone the past few weeks and behind on memorializing those killed in the workplace. I’ll catch up this…
Weekly Toll: Remember the Dead…
On average, almost 100 workers are killed every week in the United States due to traumatic injuries suffered at work.…
Weekly Toll: The Last Shift
Line worker killed by falling tree in Middletown MIDDLETOWN, Conn. (WTNH) – An Eversource subcontractor was killed in Middletown on Sunday by a falling tree,…
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…
Weekly Toll: Some Workplace Deaths Last Week
Notes: Seven of the 21 deaths listed here this week were from falls. Hard to believe. Gravity is not a…
Weekly Toll: Workers Die at Gas Stations, Construction Sites, Bowling Alleys, Chicken Processing Plants, in Rivers and Falling off Buildings
Boom truck hits power lines in Flagler, electrocuting 2 workers PALM COAST, Fla. – Two construction workers were electrocuted Monday in an…