Kentucky’s worker safety agency is on the right track, according to its latest federal audit, but it needs to continue to improve how it investigates deaths on the job in the wake of significant lapses. The audit comes a year after the Occupational Safety and Health Administration found more shortcomings in Kentucky’s agency than any of the […]
Category: Fatal Flaws
Twenty-eight states and territories regulate their own workplaces rather than defer to the feds. While some of these programs are effective, others, like Kentucky, don’t adequately protect workers, reports show.