Workplace Fatalities

In 2007, I lived just down the street from a McDonald's in Lakewood, Ohio. On July 7 that year, I heard sirens in the neighborhood but didn't think much of it....More

A new report from National COSH, released in conjunction with Workers’ Memorial Day, stresses the need for reform to put an end to the thousands of preventable occupational fatalities that occur every year....More

The number of Massachusetts workers who died on the job may have declined in 2012, but the latest “Dying for Work in Massachusetts” report asserts that more remains to be done to protect workers from preventable occupational deaths, illnesses and injuries....More

Tragedy has struck garment factory workers in Bangladesh once again: A building that housed multiple garment factories in Savar, Bangladesh, collapsed the morning of April 24. Initial reports indicate that more than 80 workers, mostly women, were killed. According to media reports, workers were ordered to work even though visible cracks had been discovered in the eight-storey building the day before. In addition to the dozens of workers who lost their lives, others remain trapped in the rubble and potentially hundreds more have been injured....More

On April 17, a massive fire and explosion at the West Fertilizer Plant in the town of West, Texas, killed multiple workers, injured more than 160 people and destroyed nearby residences and businesses....More