Labor
Cabinet Saves Kentucky Employers $742,000 in June
FRANKFORT,
Ky. (July 10, 2018) – Last
month, the Labor Cabinet conducted 20 free courtesy inspections for Kentucky employers
– correcting 106 serious violations that could have affected up to 3,131 employees.
This resulted in saving participating companies up to $742,000 in potential
enforcement penalties.
The Labor Cabinet’s Division of
Occupational Safety & Health Education & Training, also known as KY
SAFE, 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
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 portal. 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, requires 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.
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