The comptroller for Nassau County, N.Y., warned last week that the rate of workers' compensation claims among county workers is "startling" and called for the county to find a new third-party administrator.Comptroller George Maragos released a workers' compensation study that concludes a high rate of work-related injuries has cost the county more than $13 million since 2010. Maragos projected workers' compensation costs for the county's self-insured program will exceed $25 million in 2012.He said the injury rate increased from one in every 40 county workers in 2002 to one in ei...
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