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Weekly Toll: OSHA Won’t Tell You Who Died In The Workplace. We Will
Last week in the workplace: Of note, three fatalities related to forklifts. Also, while OSHA removes workplace fatalities from its homepage and buries them on their website without victims’ names,...
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OSHA to the Public: ‘You Can’t Handle The Truth!’
OSHA has engaged in a furious flurry of press activity over the past month. Well, “furious” by Trump-OSHA standards. By anyone else’s standards, it’s still pathetic. OSHA has issued an astonishing...
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The Weekly Toll: Three Weeks and the List Goes On and On and On
Auto shop worker fatally pinned in Montevideo MONTEVIDEO, Minn. (AP) — Police say the death of an auto shop worker in Montevideo is accidental. Authorities said Monday 55-year-old Richard Fultz was...
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The Weekly Toll: The Deaths Just Keep On Happening
Rockford police officer killed after traffic stop ROCKFORD, Ill. — A Rockford police officer was killed in the line of duty, and a man he pulled over was also killed, after the two were involved in a...
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Weekly Toll: Last Workers to Die in 2017. Let’s hope 2018 is better
Bad couple of weeks for workers in Kansas and firefighters across the country. Also two trench deaths and a food processing worker whose leg was ripped off. Last list of workers killed during 2017....
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Weekly Toll: Death in the American Workplace
Worker dies after northeastern Indiana industrial accident FORT WAYNE, Ind. (AP) — Authorities say a worker has died in an accident at an industrial facility in northeastern Indiana. The Allen County...
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Weekly Toll: Tow Truck Drivers, Cops, Truck Drivers, School Workers — Not...
Much-Loved Tow Driver Killed While Helping Stranded Motorist Gordon Parks Saginaw, MI — For many, tow-truck driving may not seem like a very hazardous occupation. But according the owner of one...
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Weekly Toll: OSHA Won’t Tell You Who Died In The Workplace. We Will
Last week in the workplace: Of note, three fatalities related to forklifts. Also, while OSHA removes workplace fatalities from its homepage and buries them on their website without victims’ names,...
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OSHA to the Public: ‘You Can’t Handle The Truth!’
OSHA has engaged in a furious flurry of press activity over the past month. Well, “furious” by Trump-OSHA standards. By anyone else’s standards, it’s still pathetic. OSHA has issued an astonishing...
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Weekly Toll: The Monthly Version
FedEx truck driver killed after crashing over highway in Texas DALLAS, TX — A fiery crash killed the driver of a FedEx delivery truck in Dallas early Saturday.The victim is 30-year-old Quantico Smith....
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Weekly Toll: More Workers Not Coming Home at the End of the Day
Mechanic dies after car falls on him in east Las Vegas auto body shop LAS VEGAS, NV — A mechanic at an auto body shop located near Mojave Road and Fremont Street has died after a work accident on...
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Weekly Toll: Last Week’s Workers Reporting for the Final Shift
Death Toll in California’s Carr Wildfire Raises to 7 as Utility Worker Dies CLEARLAKE, Calif. — A utility worker was killed near a Northern California wildfire as crews working in sweltering conditions...
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Weekly Toll: Workers Killed on the Job Last Week
Family, friends mourning death of construction worker killed in Twin Peaks Tunnel SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. (KTVU) – Family and friends are mourning the death of a construction worker, killed after he was...
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Weekly Toll: Summer Ends, Workplace Deaths Continue
Man run over while overhauling bus at Chicago Heights junkyard Chicago, IL — A man died after being run over by a bus he was overhauling Friday afternoon at a junkyard in south suburban Chicago...
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Weekly Toll: Who Didn’t Come Home From Work Last Week
Officer dies after falling off on-ramp to Poplar Street Bridge during struggle with 2 suspects EAST ST. LOUIS, IL – Two suspects are under arrest after a high-speed chase from Washington Park Illinois...
View ArticleWeekly 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 killed and another worker injured when a crane toppled at a...
View ArticleWeekly Toll: Holiday Season Provides No Vacation From Workplace Death
Country’s first mining fatality for 2019 in S. Illinois this weekend DAHLGREN, Ill. — An accident at the underground Hamilton County Coal Mine near Dahlgren, Illinois, has claimed the life of a Saline...
View ArticleWeekly Toll: Those Who Didn’t Come Home
This is a weekly list of some workers killed on the job over the past week. This is the first time I’ve compiled this list in over two years and I continue to be shocked at the number of people who...
View ArticleAnother Social Worker Killed: When will it end?
Deidre Silas, 36, an investigator for the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS), was stabbed to death Tuesday while conducting a welfare check on children living in the home....
View ArticleWeekly Toll: Killed on the Job
On average, almost 100 workers are killed every week in the United States due to traumatic injuries suffered at work. Ten times as many die from occupational diseases, many due to exposure to...
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