worker safety

In 2022, Congress eased access for wildland firefighters to workers’ compensation for a number of serious diseases. But advocates are pushing for broader, more inclusive coverage for cancers affecting women.

The U.S. Department of Labor's Office of Inspector General (OIG) has released a report recommending changes to the agency responsible for keeping mines…

Climbing down in trenches is dangerous work because they often collapse, but now a Pavillion man has invented a product so waterline installers don’t have…

New data from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, or NIOSH, sheds light on the most dangerous areas of oil and gas.NIOSH started…

Working in the oil and gas industry is dangerous. Inside Energy reported earlier this year that these jobs are in fact six times more dangerous than the…

An explosion at the Sinclair Refinery near Rawlins on Friday night resulted in a fire.The explosion occurred around 10 p.m. on Friday. No one was injured,…

The Wyoming Department of Workforce Services is hosting a summit in Rock Springs on Tuesday and Wednesday aimed at helping make Wyoming’s workplaces…

Sinclair Oil is being fined $260,000 for safety violations at its refinery near Rawlins. These are on top of violations the company received last year,…

It’s Labor Day weekend, which means there will be a lot of discussion surrounding workers in the state. Kim Floyd is the Executive Secretary of the Labor…