55 workers have been fatally injured since 2007 after being pulled into a wood chipper. Safety sensors can be installed to reduce the hazard but too few manufacturers and employers have adopted the safer technology.
The Center for Public Integrity’s Jim Morris writes a soulful account of a plumber named Jim Spencer who was fatally injured on-the-job in 2016. Read it before looking at the new BLS data on the 5,190 worker fatalities from the same year.
If you attended any Worker Memorial Day events this week, The Pump Handle invites you to share with readers some highlights from it.
It’s time to get passed thinking that workplace fatalities are “just accidents.” A new toolkit by the Center for Progressive Reform will help worker- and community-coalitions encourage prosecutors to review on-the-job fatalities for possible criminal charges.
Injury Control & Violence
Not an “accident”: Albert James Speed, 25 suffers fatal work-related injury in McCalla, AL
This week’s snapshot of just one work-related fatality in the US. This one occurred on Friday, March 4 in McCalla, AL.
OSHA gave DuPont a 50 percent discount on a repeat violation that contributed to the death in November 2014 of four workers at the company’s LaPorte, TX plant. Instead of a $70,000 penalty, the company got off cheap with an even cheaper $35,000 one.
Injury Control & Violence
Not an “accident”: Ronald Lee MacKnight, 39, suffers fatal work-related injury in Farr West, UT
This week’s snapshot of just one work-related fatality in the US. This one occurred on April 13, in Weber County, UT.
This week’s snapshot of just one work-related fatality in the US. This one occurred on February 20, 2015 in Madison, WI.
The fatal work-related injuries that killed Juan Carlos Reyes’ could have been prevented had his employer followed worker safety regulations.
Injury Control & Violence
Not an “accident”: Milton Hernandez, 22 suffers fatal work-related injury in Scott, Louisiana
This week’s snapshot of just one work-related fatality in the U.S. This one occurred on October 28 in Scott, Louisiana.