Weekly Toll: Killed on the Job
I’ve been traveling for a few weeks, so this and next week’s list will be a bit longer than usual. How workers died: several public employees in states where there will be no investigations, falls,...
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How workers died last week: Heat, electrocution, falls, fire, explosions, coal mining, helicopter crash, vehicle incidents, stabbing, shootings. On average, over 100 workers are killed every week in...
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How workers died last week: 18-year old electrocuted and 17-year old killed delivering UberEats, heat, falls, machinery, grain bin, vehicle incidents, forklift, drowning, and shootings. On average,...
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How workers died last week: Electrocutions, explosions, falls, shootings, crushed in compacter, killed in vehicle incidents. On average, over 100 workers are killed every week in the United States due...
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When writing about Trump 2.0, I expressed the hope that OSHA state plan states would take the initiative to protect workers from hazards such as excessive heat that the federal government under Trump...
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Welcome Dylan Chamberlain, a labor studies major at Columbia University, who has graciously volunteered to take over writing The Weekly Toll. How workers died last week. Hit by a train, electrocuted,...
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How workers died last week. Suffocated in a collapsed trench, hit by a car while on strike, airplane crash, shot by a co-worker, pinned by a car, plane crash, factory fire. On average, over 100...
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How workers died last week. Trench collapse, hit by a crane, suffocated in grain bin, fall, crushed by machinery, skid steer incident, bus accident, plane crash, fire, shot. On average, over 100...
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