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Wednesday, July 26, 2006
Ind. Law - 'Indy Star' Photog's Death Prompts State OSHA Investigation
"'Indy Star' Photog's Death Prompts State OSHA Investigation" is the headline to a story today in Editor & Publisher ("America's Oldest Journal Covering the Newspaper Industry"). It begins:
NEW YORK Indiana state officials are investigating whether The Indianapolis Star violated state workplace safety requirements, following the death of a Star photographer who collapsed in the newsroom earlier this month."We became aware that there was a death at the work site and we are investigating to determine whether or not there were OSHA violations associated with the death," said Tim Grogg, a special assistant commissioner with the Indiana Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration office. He said the agency became aware of the death within the last two weeks, but did not know if the employer had reported it as required by state law.
"Anytime we become aware of it, whether it is reported by the employer or another way, it is our statutory duty to do an investigation," Grogg added. "I don't know how many people [at the Star] they have had an opportunity to interview, but they have been to the site within the last two weeks."
Meanwhile, a war of words between the Star's editor and a former columnist-turned-blogger has erupted over ongoing questions about the death of the photographer, Mpozi Tolbert, who died at a local hospital an hour after collapsing at his desk in the Star newsroom July 3.
Posted by Marcia Oddi on July 26, 2006 04:47 PM
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