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KyCIR Amplify: The Voices Behind Our Investigations

KyCIR Amplify: Delanna Miller, Whose Husband Died On The Job

By Eleanor Klibanoff Eleanor Klibanoff | November 12, 2018
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Delanna Miller and her husband were expecting their second child when he was electrocuted to death while trimming trees.

Justin Miller was 23. His 2016 death in Breathitt County was one of 44 Kentucky workplace fatality investigations reviewed in a federal audit. A separate federal report looking at Miller’s death found that the state should have issued Miller’s employer citations for two safety violations. It issued none.

Months later, Miller’s widow found out there had been a nearly identical death that had resulted in citations a few months prior. She told KyCIR about how she’s dealing with life without her husband, and without closure. Listen to her story in the player below.

Read our whole investigation into failings in Kentucky’s worker safety program at fatalflaws.kycir.org.

Our investigations seek to protect society’s most vulnerable citizens, expose wrongdoing and increase transparency.

Amplify brings you the voices of the Kentuckians who feel the effects of the failures we reveal and secrets we expose. Hear more.

Ohio Valley ReSource reporter Sydney Boles and WFPL reporter Ashlie Stevens contributed to this story. Eleanor Klibanoff can be reached at eklibanoff@kycir.org and (502) 814.6544.

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Eleanor Klibanoff joined the Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting in June 2017. Klibanoff previously worked at Keystone Crossroads, a public radio project covering urban decline and recovery in the Rust Belt. She was a Kroc Fellow at NPR and a recipient of a Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting grant to cover maternal healthcare in Nicaragua and El Salvador.

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Fatal Flaws: How Kentucky Is Failing Its Workers

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