Workers' Compensation News
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Four Employers Fined a Combined $1.75M for Death of Valero Refinery Worker | 05/23/2022 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Division of Occupational Safety and Health’s Process Safety Management Unit cited Valero Refinery of Benicia and three contractors a combined $1.75 million for safety violations following the death of a 35-year-old worker. ...Read More | |||
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Fracking Technician Fails to Prove Claim for Alleged Chemical Exposure Injuries | 04/27/2022 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The West Virginia Supreme Court unanimously ruled that a fracking technician failed to prove he suffered an occupational disease as a result of workplace chemical exposure. ...Read More | |||
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Fish Processor Fined $56,000 for Exposing Workers to COVID | 04/26/2022 | |
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| State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Washington State Department of Labor and Industries announced that it fined the operator of a fish processing plant for knowingly exposing workers to COVID-19. ...Read More | |||
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Foundry Cited for Dozens of Safety Violations | 04/13/2022 | |
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| State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| A metal foundry and casting company in Walla Walla faces a $93,600 fine for more than 40 safety and health violations, the Washington State Department of Labor and Industries announced. ...Read More | |||
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Feds Tell High Court New Law Didn't Moot Hanford Presumption Dispute | 04/06/2022 | |
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| State: WA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The U.S. Department of Justice said a new law in Washington state expanding the number of Hanford nuclear reservation workers covered by a presumption doesn’t eliminate the need for the nation’s top court to determine whether the presumption violates principles of intergovernmental im...Read More | |||
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Filed-Rate Doctrine Bars Employer's Challenge to Carrier's Audit Noncompliance Fee | 03/25/2022 | |
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| State: KY | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A federal appellate court ruled that the filed-rate doctrine barred review of an employer’s challenge to the audit noncompliance charge assessed by its workers’ compensation insurance carrier. ...Read More | |||
| Fraud Report Finds Slight Rise in 2021 Comp Claims | 03/23/2022 | ||
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| New York State Inspector General Lucy Lang on Tuesday released the 2021 Workers' Compensation Fraud Annual Report, publishing results on work comp claims and fraud investigation results last year. ...Read More | |||
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First-Responder PTSD Bill Fails | 03/16/2022 | |
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| State: GA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A proposal to make post-traumatic stress disorder compensable for first responders in Georgia has failed at the committee level. ...Read More | |||
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Furniture Plant Shooting Leads to Wrongful Death Lawsuit | 03/15/2022 | |
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| State: NC | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A wholesale business and a married couple are named as defendants in a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the family of a woman who was shot to death at a Hickory, North Carolina, furniture plant in January 2021. ...Read More | |||
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Federal Judge Orders Serial Violator to Pay $2M in Penalties | 03/14/2022 | |
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| State: NJ | Segment: Safety | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| One of New Jersey’s most flagrant violators of federal workplace safety laws is personally liable for $2 million in penalties assessed by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, a federal administrative law judge has ruled. ...Read More | |||
