Conversations with Charlie Dyer, Guest: Jonathan Karmel

There are no accidents. That’s the conclusion of Jonathan Karmel as he traveled around the country talking to injured workers and surviving family members in many different occupations, including store clerks, hotel housekeepers, miners, nurses, grain handlers, and others about unsafe working conditions. He ultimately concluded that “all of these deaths and injuries were preventable,” and he wants you to understand that the stories he collected in his new book are “the tip of the proverbial iceberg” in terms of the deadly hazards that workers face across the country every day.