workplace safety

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Registration nears capacity for Safety & Workforce Summit

June 7, 2013

Registration nears capacity for Safety & Workforce Summit
— June 7, 2013
If you haven’t already, better register soon for the 2013 Wyoming Safety & Workforce Summit …

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Worker advocates say more enforcement is needed for safer workplaces

April 29, 2013

SAFER, the Equality State Policy Center, AFL-CIO, Trial Lawyers and other advocates have not yet put forth an official platform, but speakers on Monday took …

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Workers Memorial Day event in Casper

April 25, 2013

Workers Memorial Day event in Casper
— April 25, 2013 
Family members of people killed on the job in Wyoming will commemorate their lost loved ones at …

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Wyoming should recognize Workers Memorial Day

April 25, 2013

Sunday April 28 is Workers Memorial Day, a day set aside each year to remember workers killed on the job, and the families they leave …

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Wyoming refiners consider safety alliance

August 7, 2012

That may not sound like the bold type of action you’d hope to expect when workers have become disposable commodities. It’s not the sort of …

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Out of Sight Oversight

August 3, 2012

Is Wyoming’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration living up to their expectations? Or have they prepared a different kind of fail-safe strategy?

The Pitch

High exposure to frack sand poses silicosis risk

June 29, 2012

Dan Neal of the Equality State Policy Center wrote about a new health warning for workers engaged in hydraulic fracturing:

OSHA issues hazard alert
High exposure to frack sand …

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Wyo OSHA witnessed fires and fire hazards prior to workers being burned

June 21, 2012

Wyo OSHA witnessed fires and fire hazards prior to workers being burned
Just months prior to two flash fires at the Sinclair oil refinery (one on …

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Workplace safety seminar May 15 in Casper

May 2, 2012

Workplace safety seminar May 15 in Casper
Wyoming energy and construction trade groups will host a worker safety seminar, “Building the Culture of Safety,” on Tuesday, May …

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Workers’ Memorial Day in Wyoming

April 30, 2012

Workers’ Memorial Day in Wyoming
LeRoy Fried was killed on a drilling rig in Wyoming in 2004. He left behind his wife, Cheryl Fried, who — …

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Memorial & Money

April 27, 2012

Greg Kearney pays tribute to Workers’ Memorial Day with a bit of biting humor.

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Born in war-torn Africa, Alexandra Fuller found her voice in Wyoming

April 24, 2012

As a child living in Central Africa in the 1970s, Alexandra Fuller kept an Uzi under her bed at night and fell asleep to the …

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Wyoming takes courtesy approach to curbing workplace deaths

March 27, 2012

Wyoming’s overall strategy to curb workplace fatalities still lacks additional enforcement- and penalty-based proposals brought by worker advocates during recent legislative debate on the issue. …

Legislature 2012

ESPC: Session ends on high note

March 8, 2012

ESPC: Session ends on high note; Good session yields passage of job safety and sunshine laws
On Thursday, Mar. 8, Dan Neal of the Equality State Policy Center discussed …

Legislature 2012

ESPC: Public Assistance Drug-Testing Bill Killed

March 6, 2012

ESPC: Public assistance drug-testing killed; Job safety bill advances; Coal tax break dies in procedural move
On Monday, Mar. 5, Dan Neal of the Equality State Policy Center wrote …

Legislature 2012

ESPC: Redistricting hits Senate floor; House passes job safety bill

February 28, 2012

ESPC: Redistricting hits Senate floor; House passes job safety bill
Dan Neal of the Equality State Policy Center wrote an update on Tuesday Feb. 28, examining the redistricting …

Legislature 2012

ESPC: Senate restores HIV funding, House passes discriminatory drug-testing bill

February 28, 2012

ESPC: Senate restores HIV funding, House passes discriminatory drug-testing bill
Dan Neal of the Equality State Policy Center posted this update on Monday Feb. 27, highlighting a successful …

Legislature 2012

New bill promising to help employers will hit floor Tuesday in House, Senate

February 20, 2012

New bill promising to help employers will hit floor Tuesday in House, Senate

Dan Neal of the Equality State Policy Center wrote about a bill to promote workplace …

Legislature 2012

Gov. Mead opens Legislature’s budget session

February 14, 2012

Gov. Mead opens Legislature’s budget session
Dan Neal of the Equality State Policy Center wrote about Gov. Matt Mead’s speech at the opening of the 2012 …