The following are key facts derived from ArgusLeader.com. According to preliminary data from the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics, South Dakota workplace fatalities increased. Workplace fatalities increased to 30 in 2008."There was an increase of eight over the year," he said. "However, 2007 was a year in which there were few fatalities in the workplace."
Tom Slattery, manager of occupational safety and health with the South Dakota Safety Council, said "Based on a worker base of about 400,000 people, South Dakota has a death rate of about 7.5 per 100,000, or twice the national rate for workplace fatalities." He also added that highway-related deaths and falls are always the top causes of death while working.
One interesting fact mentioned in the article was that South Dakota is the only state in the entire nation that doesn't have an OSHA office. This is a big contributing fact in OSHA enforcement being pretty low in the state. South Dakota's increase is contrary to national data. The number of workplace fatalities fell 10 percent nationwide in 2008 to 5,071. Rhode Island had the least amount of workplace fatalities with six, while Texas had the most with 457 deaths.
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