For thousands of North Carolinians, going to work each morning means stepping into environments where a momentary mistake, equipment failure or unsafe condition can have life-changing consequences. Sometimes, the consequence is death.
That reality came into sharp focus this week in Apex, where a person died in what authorities described as an apparent construction accident at a work site on Humie Olive Road.
The circumstances surrounding the Apex death remain under investigation. But the incident raises a larger question for North Carolina: How safe are the state’s workplaces, and what happens to workers and their families when safety fails?…