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    :: Tuesday, August 31, 2004 ::

    Steelworkers question why fatal accidents on rise By Len Boselovic, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
    Union officials are examining this year's fatalities and serious injuries, but so far no pattern has emerged, Wright said. For now, there's just the gut feeling of many that safety has been compromised. Wright confirmed that last week when he asked USW members attending a health and safety conference in Pittsburgh whether their workplaces were safer than they were two years ago.

    "When they stopped laughing, no one thought their plant is safer," Wright said.

    Steelworker Deaths Climb: Manage Change or Manage Funerals commentary by Jordan Barab, Confined Space
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