Industrial Safety & Health Section Public Service Unit

This Industrial Safety & Health unit is responsible for investigating job related deaths of public workers.

If a public employee is killed in a job-related incident/accident please call (785) 296-4386 to inform the section so an investigator can start their investigation as soon as possible.

Under state law K.S.A. 44-636, Industrial Safety & Health, through its Public Service Unit, will respond to employee complaints concerning unsafe working conditions. The complaint can be made anonymously.

If public service employees have complaints concerning safe working conditions while performing their jobs, please call (785) 296-4386 to register a complaint.

City, county, municipal clerks, and school superintendents may call our office and request information about developing safety programs and how to provide a safe and healthy work place for their employees. The Public Service Unit monitors each public service on a regular basis. The unit has trained industrial hygienists on staff to help monitor air particulates and take sound level readings. There is a charge for the hygiene service. The cost of the service will depend on the type of sampling requested or provided.

If an entity refuses to comply with a recommendation addressing a serious hazard, the Secretary may levy fines up to $100 per day, per serious hazard not corrected.

For assistance, e-mail Steve Zink- steve.zink@dol.ks.gov
or contact us at:

Kansas Department of Labor
Industrial Safety and Health Section
800 SW Jackson, Suite 1500
Topeka, KS 66612-1227
(785) 296-4386.