Transportation Leads Colorado Work Fatalities

Colorado had 83 work-related fatalities in 2023 according to the state’s Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries program conducted by the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment’s Office of Labor Market Information.
That’s down 6.7% from 2022’s 89 deaths.
Transportation incidents were the leading cause of fatalities and up 6.1% from the prior year. Transportation incidents increased from 33 in 2022 to 35 in 2023 and continue to lead all fatality events for at least the last 10 years.
Falls, slips and trips are the second-leading cause of fatalities in 2023. They accounted for 16 deaths and are up from 15 in 2022.
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Three years after six people were killed when a tornado with 150 mph winds struck an Amazon warehouse in Illinois, the state has issued the final report of a Warehouse Safety Task Force.
Among its recommendations was that building codes be amended to require tornado shelters in warehouses.
The International Building Code became Illinois’ statewide building code on Jan. 1 after being approved by the legislature in 2023. The task force recommended shelters be added to that code.
An Occupational Safety and Health Administration investigation into Amazon did not find any violations, according to the task force report.
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OSHA has issued four serious violations and a fine of $50,703 to Rigid Constructors LLC after an employee was killed in an excavator incident when an amphibious excavator overturned and became submerged in North Carolina’s Cape Fear River in August.
The deceased had been working for Rigid Constructors, which had contracted with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to do work on a tract of Eagles Island owned by the Corps.
Initially, the N.C. Department of Labor opened an investigation into the incident, but the case was later transferred to federal jurisdiction as the incident occurred on federal property.
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