Montana ranks among the most dangerous states to work in, and officials don't know why
Montana ranks among the worst states in the country for workplace injuries and illnesses, for reasons that continue to elude state officials.
“We spend a lot of time considering and thinking about whether there’s uniqueness in Montana that contributes to us having this higher rate than other states,” said Eric Strauss, the administrator for the Employment Relations Division within the state Department of Labor and Industry. “Those efforts have not surfaced anything specifically. It’s not a specific industry. It’s not an age demographic.”
Montana has spent more than a decade atop the national rankings for its rate of workplace injuries in the private sector.
In 2016, 4.2 injuries were reported for every 100 full-time workers in Montana — a slight improvement over the rate of 4.3 reported in 2015, and the fourth straight year in which that number has decreased, according to a report released by the Department of Labor and Industry in November
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