Workplace safety

A newly released state report shows slightly fewer people were killed in job-related accidents in Wyoming in 2015 compared to the year before.

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — An 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 says in a report to Gov. Matt Mead that more than 85 percent of reports on deadly workplace accidents in Wyoming show safety procedures not being followed...

A call to clock-in for “safety first.” The Wyoming Trial Lawyers Association is pushing for more focus on safety in workplaces in light of an annual report about worker fatalities and injuries. It shows the Cowboy State persistently ranks among the highest. W-T-L-A president Bryan Ulmer says one employee safety improvement would be to change the way the state responds to incidents. Right now, he s