Songs with Workplace Safety and Health Themes
Posted on by9 to 5 – Dolly Parton
Allentown – Billy Joel
Anthracite Fields – Julia Wolfe
Banana Boat Song – Harry Belafonte
Bread & Roses – James Oppenheim- performed by Joan Biaz
Brother Trucker – James Taylor
The Chemical Worker’s Song– Ron Angel
Coal Miner’s Grave – Hazel Dickens
Coal Mining Women – Hazel Dickens
Drivin My Life Away – Eddie Rabbit
Finest Worksong-REM
Fire in my Mouth -Julie Wolfe
Forty Hour Week (For a Livin’) – Alabama
Flamethrower– J. Geils Band
A Hard Day’s Night – Beatles
Heigh-Ho-The Seven Dwarfs
Industrial Disease – Dire Straits
I’ve Been Working on the Railroad– American folk song
Lovely Rita – Beatles
Mercury Poisoning – Graham Parker & the Rumor
Millworker – James Taylor
Money for Nothing– Dire Straits
More than a Paycheck – Sweet Honey in the Rock
Mr. Sellack – The Roches
My Name Joe – David Massengill
My Old Man – Steve Goodman
New York Mining Disaster-1941– The Bee Gees
Oddfellows Local 151– REM
One Piece at a Time – Johnny Cash
Pastures of Plenty – Woody Guthrie
Popcorn Lung Roadhouse Blues 2008-Ergo Elvis
Roll On – Alabama
The Safety Dance -Men Without Hats
Sail on Sailor – Beach Boys
She Works Hard for the Money – Donna Summer
Shiftwork – Kenny Chesney and George Strait
Silicosis Is Killin’ Me – Josh White (Pinewood Tom)
Sixteen Tons – Tennessee Ernie Ford
Solidarity Forever – Ralph Chaplin performed by Pete Seeger
Stayin’ Alive — The Bee Gees
Steel Hammer – Julia Wolfe
Take This Job and Shove It – Johnny Paycheck
They’ll Never Keep Us Down – Hazel Dickens
This Land is Your Land – Woodie Guthrie
Triangle Factory Fire – Misner & Smith
Work Hard Play Hard – Wiz Khalifa
Working (the musical)
Working in the Coal Mine – Lee Dorsey
Working Life (Factory) – Bruce Springsteen
Working Man Blues – Merle Haggard
Working on the Highway – Bruce Springsteen
Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald – Gordon Lightfoot
Wreck of the Old 97 – Hank Snow
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My favorite is Industrial Disease by Dire Straits.
Forty Hour Week (for a livin) ALABAMA
Here is another great workplace health and safety song — about the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fine — by singer songwriters Misner and Smith https://www.reverbnation.com/misnerandsmith/songs
Click on all songs and scroll down to Triangle Factory Fire
Don’t forget Josh White’s “Silicosis” – especially as we await the OSHA standard!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gd4H1rAoHkk
My favorite is Industrial Disease by Dire Straits.
Thanks!
My most favorite is Mr. Sellack by The Roches and thanks to add my favorite add in your list.
Forty Hour Week (for a livin) ALABAMA true
In the above list my favorite is ‘Sail on Sailor – Beach Boys’. Thanks for the blog post
“Electricity” by Midnight Star
“Electric Avenue” by Eddie Grant
“State of Shock” M.Jackson M.Jaggar
Wow I wasnt conscious of what loud music will do to ones hearing. I manage a music web log, I’ll take care to share this data with my readers.
“Driving The Last Spike” by Phil Collins
“Island of Souls” by Sting
Both good “industrial accident” songs.
Here is remarkable workplace health and safety song — about the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi — by singer Nishawn Bhullar, songwriter Sulakhan Cheema. Let’s give a shoutout to some Indian workplace health and safety music.
https://lyricsraag.com/modi-game-la-geya-lyrics-nishawn-bhullar-sulakhan-cheema/
” Mercury Poisoning ” Graham Parker & the Rumor
“Money for Nothing” Dire Straits
These are my favorite song. Thanks for sharing a big list of songs. I am highly obliged to you.
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Steve Goodman is mY favorite, thanks for adding my favorite writter.
I just write on Go Cubs Go Song Lyrics which is written by Steve Goodman
Here is a song that gives you energy and workplace safety.
I loved it so much I just sharing Emiway song which I like
Money for Nothing– Dire Straits……………..My Favorite
The Chemical Worker’s Song– Ron Angel…………….i love it this song
My favorite is Industrial Disease by Dire Straits.
Work Hard Play Hard – Wiz Khalifa Nice My Faverite Wiz Khalifa & Justin Bieber
fantastic article thanks for sharing, I appereciate your work
Thanks for sharing the best content. I will also share with my friends.
Let’s give a shoutout to some Indian workplace health and safety music.
Songs with Workplace Safety and Health Themes, great work
Thanks for providing such a nice informative blog…
Keep It up
This is an unique post.
I love the list.
Thank you for sharing this lovely post.
Starting the Safety Committee with a safety song,
as members are logging into the Zoom meeting.
The music selection is awesome. Thank you!
I just loved your way of presenting. I enjoyed reading this. It is good to read blogs like this.
i was looking for songs to add in my current playlist and i found this article now I think that this one will be the best playlist I have ever created
stayin alive from the Bee Gees! I am also working in One from U2 just because
I love the list.
Thank you for sharing this lovely post.
New York Mining Disaster 1941 – Bees Gees
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