AUGUST 18, 2015
CHEYENNE (WTE) -
A Wyoming legislative committee has decided not to move forward with a study that would have looked at the effectiveness of the state's Occupation Safety and Health Administration office.
The Legislature's Management Audit Committee released a scoping paper earlier this month on the potential evaluation of the state-run agency.
But the group decided to hold off on ordering legislative staff to conduct a full study of the agency.
Wyoming routinely ranks at or near the top of the states with the most workplace deaths per capita.
Workplace safety advocates, including the Wyoming AFL-CIO, said they are disappointed in the decision by the lawmakers not to pursue the study.