worker safety http://wyomingpublicradio.net en Sinclair fined for safety violations following diesel leak http://wyomingpublicradio.net/post/sinclair-fined-safety-violations-following-diesel-leak <p>Sinclair Oil is being fined $260,000 for safety violations at its refinery near Rawlins. These are on top of violations the company received last year, when repeated explosions and fires injured several plant workers.</p><p>The Wyoming Occupational Safety and Health Administration, or OSHA, inspected the refinery after receiving a complaint about a diesel leak. OSHA’s John Ysebaert says they found that the company wasn’t adequately training its workers, and wasn’t properly labeling chemicals, among other violations.</p> Wed, 06 Feb 2013 23:41:15 +0000 Willow Belden 36330 at http://wyomingpublicradio.net Sinclair fined for safety violations following diesel leak AFL-CIO discussing worker safety in Wyoming http://wyomingpublicradio.net/post/afl-cio-discussing-worker-safety-wyoming <p>It’s Labor Day weekend, which means there will be a lot of discussion surrounding workers in the state.&nbsp; Kim Floyd is the Executive Secretary of the Labor Organization the AFL-CIO.&nbsp; He tells Bob Beck it’s an interesting time for many workers</p> Fri, 31 Aug 2012 21:37:18 +0000 Bob Beck 29446 at http://wyomingpublicradio.net AFL-CIO discussing worker safety in Wyoming