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Dying to Find Fault in Wyoming

By Jon Coppelman

Wyoming might be a good place to work, but it's also a good place to die at work. The mortality rate for occupational injuries is three times the national average, with 15.6 fatalities per 100,000 workers. Many of these fatalities occur in the oil fields, where "roughnecks" make pretty good wages in exchange for working in relatively dangerous conditions. As...

Full post as published by Workers Comp Insider on August 24, 2009 (boomark / email).