Kentucky OSHA News

Federal regulators are proposing fines of more than $320,000 for safety violations for a Louisville, Ky., company whose employee died in a fatal fall in Illinois. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has proposed the fine for Material Handling Systems. …

Construction workers have the deadliest job in the state, according to the Kentucky Labor Cabinet. The cabinet said that since 2011, the construction industry had 21 deaths, followed by landscaping/tree services workers with 16 deaths, truck drivers and maintenance/repair workers …