Workers' Compensation News
One Worker's Body Removed From Collapsed Hard Rock Hotel Site | 08/12/2020 | ||
State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
The body of a construction worker who was killed when the top floors of the partially built Hard Rock Hotel in New Orleans collapsed last October was removed from the site this week. ...Read More | |||
Officer Committed Wage Theft, Told Workers Not to Seek WC, Prosecutors Say | 08/03/2020 | ||
State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
A police officer in San Jose has been charged with exploiting workers while operating a side security business, according to The Mercury News. ...Read More | |||
OSHA Issues Revised Rule Concerning Access to Employee Medical Records | 07/31/2020 | ||
State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration has revised its rule describing internal procedures that agency personnel must follow when obtaining and using personally identifiable employee medical information. ...Read More | |||
OSHA Cites Telecom Contractor for Excavation Hazard After Fatal Accident | 07/23/2020 | ||
State: GA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration cited Triple S Communications Inc. of Georgia for trenching and excavation violations after a worker was fatally injured in a trench collapse. ...Read More | |||
OSHA Cites Nursing Company for Failing to Protect Employees From COVID | 07/22/2020 | ||
State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration fined an Ohio nursing company $40,482 for not protecting its employees from COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus. ...Read More | |||
OSHA: Company Must Reinstate Trucker Fired for Refusing to Drive Overweight Vehicle | 07/21/2020 | ||
State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration ordered JHOS Logistics and Transportation Inc. to reinstate a driver fired for refusing to operate what the employee reasonably believed to be an overweight vehicle at the company's Wilmington, California, facility. ...Read More | |||
One Call Adds Chief Human Resources Officer to Senior Leadership Team | 07/21/2020 | ||
State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
One Call announced Terri Lewis will join the organization’s senior leadership team as chief human resources officer. ...Read More | |||
Office of the Future? Building Redesigned to Reduce Virus Claims | 07/15/2020 | ||
State: IL | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
It may seem an expensive way to reduce the spread of the coronavirus and related injury claims, but office developers in Chicago are hoping a new building design will do just that. ...Read More | |||
OSIP Announces New Reporting Regulations | 07/09/2020 | ||
State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
The California Office of Self-Insurance Plans announced that new reporting regulations for public employers took effect at the start of the month. ...Read More | |||
Older Drobot Seeks Release Over COVID-19 | 07/01/2020 | ||
State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
Convicted fraudster Michael D. Drobot is asking the federal court for California’s Central Federal District to release him from prison and allow him to work in an administrative role at a hospital or public health facility treating COVID-19 patients. ...Read More | |||