Labor
Cabinet Saves Companies up to $525,000 in Potential Fines
FRANKFORT,
Ky. (February 5, 2018) – Last month, the
Labor Cabinet conducted 15 free on-site visits, or “consultative surveys,” for
employers across Kentucky. As a result of these surveys, employers corrected 75
serious violations that could have affected up to 534 employees and resulted in
enforcement penalties of up to $525,000.
The
Labor Cabinet’s Division of Occupational
Safety & Health Education & Training leads the Cabinet’s proactive
efforts to create safe and healthful workplace conditions. This includes
providing free consultative surveys to employers in an effort to increase
workplace safety by improving injury and illness rates. Employers who make use
of the Division’s consultative surveys do not face penalties unless violations
are not corrected.
Employers
and employees all across Kentucky and the nation also have access to cost-free
safety and health eLearning programs on the Labor Cabinet’s eTrain website. The Division
also offers cost-free OSHA training courses, or “Population Center
Training”
throughout the state. Proactive approaches to workplace safety, like the ones
developed by the Cabinet’s education and training team, are proven methods that
reduce workplace injuries and can help employers from paying increased workers’
compensation premiums.
In
addition to consultative surveys and OSHA training, cost-free assistance from
the Division consists of publications, required workplace posters, and information
on injury/illness recordkeeping requirements. The Division is also responsible
for overseeing the Partnership
Programs
as well as conducting the Annual Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses,
the Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries and the OSHA Data Collection.
According
to a recent report from the U.S.
Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), Kentucky employers
recorded the lowest incident rate for nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses
in the state’s history last year.
Additional
information is available at http://www.labor.ky.gov/Pages/Labor-Home.aspx.
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