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• Oil and gas safety group holds first meeting

  July 23, 2010 10:44 AM

  CASPER, Wyo. (AP) Some 200 people turned out for the first meeting of the Wyoming Oil and Gas Industry Safety Alliance in Casper. The meeting Thursday is the latest effort to address Wyoming's workplace fatality rate, which is the worst in the nation. Oil and gas industry leaders in Wyoming... more »

• Wyoming workplace safety efforts to continue

  April 20, 2010 11:37 AM

  CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) The state plans to hire an occupational epidemiologist and work with the oil and gas industry to reduce fatal workplace injuries. Wyoming has the nation's highest rate of deadly workplace accidents. Many are industry-related traffic accidents in gas-producing areas. A state task force on workplace deaths has... more »

• Wyoming Senate kills workplace safety bill

  March 2, 2010 5:40 PM

  CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) A bill that would have increased employer penalties for workplace safety violations has died in the Wyoming Senate. The Senate on Tuesday killed House Bill 93 in a tied vote of 15-15. The bill had come out of a worker safety task force that Gov. Dave Freudenthal... more »

• Bill increasing safety fines in Wyo passes panel

  February 25, 2010 12:42 PM

  CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) A bill boosting fines and civil penalties for workplace safety violations passed the Senate Minerals, Business and Economic Development Committee. Three of the five members of the panel voted Wednesday to recommend passage of House Bill 93. Supporters of the proposal say businesses with good safety records... more »

• Bill to up workplace safety fines in Wyo. advances

  February 23, 2010 6:01 PM

  CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) A bill to increase penalties for workplace safety violations in Wyoming for the first time in more than 25 years is moving through the Wyoming Legislature. Supporters say passing the bill is essential to reducing the state's workplace fatality rate. The state's worker fatality rate in 2007... more »

• House panel approves Wyo workplace safety bill

  February 17, 2010 8:06 PM

  CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) A bill boosting fines and civil penalties for workplace safety violations will be considered by the full House. The Wyoming Tribune Eagle reports that House Bill 93 passed the House Minerals, Business and Economic Development Committee on Wednesday by a 5-4 vote. Under the legislation, civil penalties... more »