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Father and Son Suffocate in Confined Space. Why?
All preventable workplace fatalities make me mad, but none make me madder than trench collapses and confined space fatalities. There is no reason for any of them to happen. The hazards of trenches and...
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Workers Needlessly Killed: Near and Afar
Just heard about a worker killed in a trench collapse about a dozen miles down the road from me. He was working for a contractor, Sagres Construction, which was working on a water main replacement...
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No Excuse: Confined Spaces Continue to Kill
I wrote a few weeks ago about the death of three workers in a confined space incident where the initial worker passed out and two would-be rescuers died attempting to rescue the original victim. Last...
View ArticleBlogging Outlook: Slim to None
I’m travelling again for the next couple of weeks and not likely to write much. So go back and read the greatest hits. By the time I get back, it will be Baseball Season. To get you warmed up, sit back...
View ArticleConfined Space is Back
I’m back. Yet again. For the third time. It’s almost Halloween. The Dodgers are poised to win the World Series — again. I’ve been retired for almost 5 months, had a grandchild, traveled, read books,...
View ArticleBill Introduced to Stop Public Employees’ Deaths
Somewhere close to 100 workers are killed in the workplace every week of the year. It’s a tragically normal thing, some of which I cover every week in the Weekly Toll. But two deaths in April stood out...
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