Report: Lack of Workplace Safety Culture in Wyoming
The state’s occupational epidemiologist who spent a year studying the high rate of workplace deaths in Wyoming says his research points to lack of a “culture of safety” in Wyoming. Dr. Timothy Ryan...
View ArticleReport: 43 Killed on the Job in West Virginia in 2011
A new labor union report says 43 workers were killed on the job in 2011 in West Virginia, down from 95 the previous year that included a mine blast that killed 29. According to the report by the...
View ArticleOSHA Investigates 3 Workplace Deaths in Western North Dakota
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is investigating three workplace deaths in western North Dakota. Mountrail County Sheriff Ken Halvorson says two men were killed Monday when they fell...
View ArticleWorkplace Deaths Decreased in Montana
The state says workplace deaths in Montana decreased last year. The Montana Department of Labor and Industry’s Research and Analysis Bureau says there were 34 workplace fatalities in 2012. That is down...
View ArticleUtah Registers 39 Workplace Deaths in 2012
New figures from Bureau of Labor Statistics show there were 39 workplace deaths in 2012 in Utah – the same total as the year before. The preliminary data shows that transportation-related deaths were...
View ArticleOSHA Investigating North Dakota Workplace Deaths
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is investigating two workplace deaths in Williams County, N.D., over the last few weeks. The Williston Herald reports that a fallen forklift crushed a...
View ArticleVirginia Workplace Deaths Down Last Year
Labor officials say workplace deaths dropped in Virginia and nationwide last year. According to a preliminary report released by the U.S. Department of Labor, Virginia saw workplace fatalities decline...
View ArticleIndiana Workplace Deaths Increase in 2013
State officials say the number of workplace deaths in Indiana was up in 2013, but it was still the third-lowest number of fatalities recorded in the past 22 years. The Indiana Department of Labor...
View ArticleMassachusetts Reports 50 Workers Died on the Job in 2014
Fifty workers died from injuries on the job in Massachusetts last year. That’s according to a report released Tuesday by the Massachusetts AFL-CIO and the Massachusetts Coalition for Occupation Safety...
View ArticleLatest Fatal Workplace Industry Figures for 2014 Reveals 2% Increase Over 2013
A total of 4,679 fatal work injuries were recorded in the United States in 2014, an increase of 2 percent over the revised count of 4,585 fatal work injuries in 2013, according to results from the...
View ArticleReport: Lack of Workplace Safety Culture in Wyoming
The state’s occupational epidemiologist who spent a year studying the high rate of workplace deaths in Wyoming says his research points to lack of a “culture of safety” in Wyoming. Dr. Timothy Ryan...
View ArticleReport: 43 Killed on the Job in West Virginia in 2011
A new labor union report says 43 workers were killed on the job in 2011 in West Virginia, down from 95 the previous year that included a mine blast that killed 29. According to the report by the...
View ArticleOSHA Investigates 3 Workplace Deaths in Western North Dakota
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is investigating three workplace deaths in western North Dakota. Mountrail County Sheriff Ken Halvorson says two men were killed Monday when they fell...
View ArticleWorkplace Deaths Decreased in Montana
The state says workplace deaths in Montana decreased last year. The Montana Department of Labor and Industry’s Research and Analysis Bureau says there were 34 workplace fatalities in 2012. That is down...
View ArticleUtah Registers 39 Workplace Deaths in 2012
New figures from Bureau of Labor Statistics show there were 39 workplace deaths in 2012 in Utah – the same total as the year before. The preliminary data shows that transportation-related deaths were...
View ArticleOSHA Investigating North Dakota Workplace Deaths
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is investigating two workplace deaths in Williams County, N.D., over the last few weeks. The Williston Herald reports that a fallen forklift crushed a...
View ArticleVirginia Workplace Deaths Down Last Year
Labor officials say workplace deaths dropped in Virginia and nationwide last year. According to a preliminary report released by the U.S. Department of Labor, Virginia saw workplace fatalities decline...
View ArticleIndiana Workplace Deaths Increase in 2013
State officials say the number of workplace deaths in Indiana was up in 2013, but it was still the third-lowest number of fatalities recorded in the past 22 years. The Indiana Department of Labor...
View ArticleMassachusetts Reports 50 Workers Died on the Job in 2014
Fifty workers died from injuries on the job in Massachusetts last year. That’s according to a report released Tuesday by the Massachusetts AFL-CIO and the Massachusetts Coalition for Occupation Safety...
View ArticleLatest Fatal Workplace Industry Figures for 2014 Reveals 2% Increase Over 2013
A total of 4,679 fatal work injuries were recorded in the United States in 2014, an increase of 2 percent over the revised count of 4,585 fatal work injuries in 2013, according to results from the...
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