Workers' Compensation News
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L&I Fines Chemical Processor $479,700 for Exposing Workers to Toxic Gases | 09/05/2023 | |
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| State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Washington State Department of Labor and Industries said it cited a manufacturing company that works with dangerous chemicals for allowing a worker to unload molten sulfur from a rail car without wearing proper respiratory protection. ...Read More | |||
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Leaseholder Doesn't Qualify as Injured Worker's Statutory Employer | 09/01/2023 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Florida appellate court ruled that a leaseholder was not entitled to immunity from civil liability as a statuary employer of a contractor’s injured worker. ...Read More | |||
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L&I: Roofer Pleads Guilty to Comp Fraud | 09/01/2023 | |
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| State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A man who removed and installed roofs while claiming he was too injured to work pleaded guilty to stealing workers’ compensation benefits, the Washington State Department of Labor and Industries announced. ...Read More | |||
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Labor Department Says New RFI Process 'Going Well' | 08/17/2023 | |
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| State: MN | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry said the first few weeks of a new process of sending encrypted email messages to claims administrators containing requests for information “is going well.” ...Read More | |||
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L&I: Another Amazon Warehouse Cited for Unsafe Conditions | 08/17/2023 | |
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| State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Washington State Department of Labor and Industries fined Amazon $85,800 for allegedly exposing workers to the risk of injury at a fulfillment center in Spokane. ...Read More | |||
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Labor Department Extends Comment Period on Silica Dust Rules | 08/11/2023 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The U.S. Labor Department on Thursday announced it is extending the public comment period on proposed amendments to federal standards intended to protect miners from health hazards related to workplace exposure of respirable crystalline silica and silica dust. ...Read More | |||
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Landscaper Owes BWC $23,611 in Restitution | 08/07/2023 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation announced that a self-employed landscaper who continued working while collecting disability benefits was ordered to pay $23,611 in restitution. ...Read More | |||
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L&I Fines 'Severe Violator' Dollar Tree $132,000 | 08/03/2023 | |
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| State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| The Washington State Department of Labor and Industries said it fined Dollar Tree $132,000 for allegedly blocking emergency exit routes, improperly stacking boxes and leaving debris scatted on the floor at a store in Tacoma. ...Read More | |||
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Labor Department Announces Change to Information Request Process | 07/10/2023 | |
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| State: MN | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry announced that its compliance, records and training officers will change the method of sending requests for information to claims administrators July 17. ...Read More | |||
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L&I: New Heat Protections Take Effect July 17 | 06/30/2023 | |
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| State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Washington State Department of Labor and Industries announced that new heat protections for outdoor workers go into effect July 17. L&I on Tues...Read More | |||
