Federal Report Suggests Indiana’s Workplace Agency Is Jeopardizing Worker Safety

The role of Indiana’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (IOSHA) is to protect  Hoosiers from hazards in the workplace that may cause injury, illness or death. The agency is responsible for setting and enforcing safety standards and regulations for businesses in various industries across the state.  

A new federal monitoring report indicates, however, that IOSHA is failing to adequately protect workers.

Unfortunately, this isn’t the first time IOSHA has come under fire for their lack of due diligence and disregard for safety. The agency has been understaffed for years and has remained one of the least funded OSHA’s in the U.S.  In fact, funding per worker is the second lowest among the 21 states that run their own OSHA programs.

Every year in Indiana, 4 out of 100 workers are injured or killed. Those who work in construction, steel mills or factories have a higher risk of being harmed due to heavy machinery and exposure to hazardous; but accidents happen in various workplace environments.