Workers’ Memorial Day in Wyoming
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Apr 26Workers’ Memorial Day in Wyoming LeRoy Fried was killed on a drilling rig in Wyoming in 2004. He left behind his wife, Cheryl Fried, who — after receiving only $120,000 in ... »
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Health on Hold: Lawmakers put the brakes on health insurance exchange effort
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Apr 03After nearly two years of study and building a wide coalition of stakeholders, Wyoming’s Health Insurance Exchange Steering Committee is temporarily on hold. Some say the suspension is appropriate amid ... »
Who really defrauds workers’ compensation?
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Feb 22Did you know; of Wyoming's 18,228 employers 1,212 of them are delinquent on their Wyoming Workers' Compensation premiums — to the tune of $943,498.73, according to state officials? That’s 6.6 ... »
State warms to call for bigger OSHA role in stemming workplace fatalities
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Jan 24State officials are now considering a bigger role for the Wyoming Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) in addressing the state’s ongoing high workplace fatality rate. »
Report: Wyoming lacks ‘culture of safety’
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Jan 03To correct Wyoming’s long-standing distinction as among the deadliest states in the nation for workers, state and industry officials must work cooperatively to create a “culture of safety,” according to ... »
Official studying Wyoming’s workplace fatality problem resigns
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Dec 30State Occupational Epidemiologist Timothy Ryan, the man hired a little more than a year ago to analyze Wyoming’s long-standing workplace fatality problem, has resigned to take a job “in the ... »
California company & Wyo legislator seek to delay well-plugging with hopes that microbes will rebuild production
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Dec 20The persistent low price of natural gas continues to push coal-bed methane gas operators in the Powder River Basin to the brink of bankruptcy, leaving some 8,000 to 9,000 wells ... »
