Federal labor officials are investigating the deaths of five laborers during the past week in Kansas and Missouri.
“I am deeply concerned about the number of workplace fatalities that have occurred in just the past week,” said Bonita Winingham, an acting regional administrator at the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
On Aug. 12, a brick mason suffered fatal injuries when the lift he was operating touched energized power lines in Andover. The worker was employed by Omega Concrete Systems, which operates as Lift Incorporated, ...