Figures released Tuesday from the Department of Workforce Services show a significant decline in workers dying in accidents on the job in Wyoming last year.
There were nine workplace fatalities in Wyoming over a five-week period in August and September, underscoring a grim truth about the state’s drilling and mining-based economy; “When the economy picks back up, so too will the [workplace] fatalities,” said Wyoming State occupational epidemiologist Timothy Ryan.
Drilling rigs are the site of more than half of the fatal accidents in Wyoming's oil and gas industry. Doug Randall reports. The October Crop Forecast shows some declines. Ag Reporter Ahren Broad has all the details. Click past the jump to listen to Wyoming Radio News.