Workers' Compensation News
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Oilfield Machinery Maker Draws $71,200 in Fines
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12/24/2012
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State: TX | Segment: CENTRAL | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has issued Worldwide Oilfield Machine BOP Division, Inc. in Houston, Texas, 13 citations, with fines totaling $71,200, for alleged violations including exposing workers to unguarded machinery and electrical hazards at the company's facility on Cu...Read More
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OSHA Seeks SeaWorld Compliance with Subpoenas
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12/20/2012
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State: FL | Segment: EAST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration has filed a petition in U.S. District Court of Orlando asking that SeaWorld of Florida be forced to comply with subpoenas seeking testimony from three managers in connection with the February 2010 death of trainer Dawn Brancheau.OSHA...Read More
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OSHA Cites Excavating Company $115k For Trench Violations
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12/14/2012
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State: OH | Segment: CENTRAL | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration cited an excavating company $115,500 for failing to protect workers from cave-ins during trenching operations. OSHA issued three willful safety violations against Bontrager Excavating, Ltd., in Uniontown, Oh...Read More
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OSHA Proposes $71k in Citations for Fall and Electrical Hazards
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12/14/2012
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State: TX | Segment: CENTRAL | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The U.S. Occupational Health and Safety Administration has issued three citations totaling $71,500 to a Salt Lake City-based corporation for exposing workers to fall and electrical hazards at a work site in San Antonio, Texas. OSHA issued the citations to Certif...Read More
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OSHA Seeks Comments on Construction Standards
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12/10/2012
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State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is issuing a "request for information" to initiate the fourth phase of its Standards Improvement Project, regarding construction standards.Comments must be submitted by Feb. 4, 2013.The purpose of SIP-IV is "to improve and str...Read More
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OSIP Publishes Security Deposit Rules
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12/07/2012
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By: Greg Jones (Senior Editor)
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State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The California Office of Self-Insurance Plans published emergency regulations to establish actuarial-based security deposits as required by Senate Bill 863.SB 863 says security deposits must be based on losses and expenses determined by an actuary.The ...Read More
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OSHA Posts Fact Sheet on Sandy Cleanup
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12/07/2012
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The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration has posted a fact sheet highlighting the hazards associated with cleanup work in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy.OSHA said in a news release that the fact sheet focuses on mold contamination in the wake of the hurricane....Read More
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Opioids on CHSWC Agenda for Dec. 14 Meeting in Oakland
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12/04/2012
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By: Jim Sams (Senior Editor)
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State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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California's labor-management advisory group will hear a report on mitigating the risks of opioid pain medications and other matters during a meeting in Oakland on Dec. 14.The Commission on Health and Safety and Workers' Compensation will meet at 9 a.m. in the first floor auditor...Read More
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Officer's Cancer Case Raises Question about Disproving Presumption
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11/30/2012
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State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
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A police officer has asked a California appellate court to decide whether the City of Westminster disproved that his cancer was work-related, giving the court an opportunity to clarify the standard for overcoming the presumptions created by state statutes that cancer and other ailments suffered...Read More
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OSHA Announces Settlement with New England Wood Pellet
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11/30/2012
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State: NH | Segment: EAST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) announced it has reached a settlement with New England Wood Pellet following explosions and fires at its manufacturing plant in Jaffrey, N.H., last year.OSHA said in a news release on Wednesday that the company has agreed to i...Read More
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