Labor day is coming

[dhnorris]

A list of workers dead this year on the job


https://www.osha.gov/dep/fatcat/fy13_federal-state_summaries.pdf

 

[Gadgetmonster]

Just shaking my head.
Just the list from June is frightening.

 

[88GT]

Wow!

 

[Birds Away]

Be careful out there.

 

[hooky]

Lots and lots of farm accidents.

 

[CarmelHP]

Considering the amount of time spent at work and the various hazards that could be encountered, and the number of people involved, it doesn't seem like a lot.

 

[danimal]

2nd to last page, last entry

Lucky Food Mart, Merrillville, IN 46410
Convenience store worker was killed after being shot by two robbers.

Really?... how does one even begin to explain how this is a workplace safety issue?

 

[Bert]

page18 worker in Indy pinned between tree and garbage truck , then run over by the same truck . he wasn't having a very good day .

 

[HoughMade]

2nd to last page, last entry

Lucky Food Mart, Merrillville, IN 46410
Convenience store worker was killed after being shot by two robbers.

Really?... how does one even begin to explain how this is a workplace safety issue?

Maybe he wasn't allowed to carry on the job.

 

[VERT]

Saw mention of the barge accident in Jeffersonville. I 2000 barge lid got caught by a wind gust and killed a guy. My father was there for that one. Pretty much freaked him out.

Yeah farming accidents and machinery accidents are all to common. Tractors, trucks and heavy equipment do not discriminate. I am not even sure all of these are reported to OHSHA.

 

[Bill of Rights]

2nd to last page, last entry

Lucky Food Mart, Merrillville, IN 46410
Convenience store worker was killed after being shot by two robbers.

Really?... how does one even begin to explain how this is a workplace safety issue?

The same way they use that explanation for a bunch of dead soldiers when an Army psychiatrist pulls a weapon and begins blowing them away, despite the assailant's claims that his choice of where to shoot was to remove threats that would be headed over to the sandbox.

Yeah. Workplace safety, not terrorism. Jon Lovitz' "Tommy Flanagan" character looks like a five year old who says he didn't steal the cookies when he's got crumbs all over his face in comparison with most politicians these days.