An increase in workplace fatalities in three Midwestern states has OSHA concerned enough to ramp up the “Safe + Sound Campaign" it launched in 2017 – one which urges employers to develop and implement a safety and health program that includes management leadership, worker participation, and a systematic approach to finding and fixing hazards.
In Kansas, Missouri and Nebraska, worker deaths associated with falls, struck-by objects and vehicles, machine hazards, grain bin engulfment, and burns have seen a sharp increase in recent months. OSHA Regional Administrator Kim Stille said the agency has investigated 34 fatalities in the three states since Oct. 1, 2017.