‘Give ’em a brake’: WSDOT workers face increasing danger

‘Give ’em a brake’: WSDOT workers face increasing danger

SPOKANE, Wash. – The Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) highlights a troubling trend 61 roadside workers have died since 1950 due to careless drivers speeding or not paying attention in work zones. Last year, drivers crashed inside work zones more than four times a day, according to numbers from WSDOT. Workers report near misses

Worker safety under attack

AFL-CIO ‘Death on the Job’ report sounds the alarm on dangerous working conditions that continue to harm workers across the U.S., and the disastrous consequences of  federal cuts WASHINGTON, D.C. (April 25, 2025) — 385 workers dead a day, and more than 6,000 injured or sickened. All told, more than 140,000 people lost their lives […] The post Worker safety under attack appeared first on The STAND.

AFL-CIO Death on the Job report: Wyoming workers face greatest danger

WASHINGTON—If you want to have a better chance of coming home from work alive, pick some place other than Wyoming which comes up again in an AFL-CIO annual report as the poorest protector of worker lives in the nation.