The number work-related deaths in Connecticut in 2018 was the highest it’s been since 2010, according to the state Department of Labor. The agency said 48 people lost their lives to work-related injuries in 2018, the latest year for which …
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 Census of Fatal Occupational …
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 and Health. Transportation workers – including taxi, bus and truck …
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 reports the state had 123 worker …
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 15 percent to 126 in 2013. The Virginian-Pilot reports that 43 …
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 26-year-old Colorado man and killed him on Dec. 18. Daniel …
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 the most frequent in Utah accounting for …
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 by 15 from the previous year. The agency …
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 250 feet from a cellphone tower. Halvorson says 42-year-old Namon Smith …
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 AFL-CIO, there …