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Employer Fined After Worker Falls Inside Water Tower
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12/10/2015
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State: WI | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance
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A worker repainting a water tower in Baraboo, Wisconsin suffered severe injuries when he fell inside the tower to a platform below, resulting in proposed fines of $178,640 against his employer.
LC United Painting Co. was issued citations for 40 serious violations by the federal Occupation...Read More
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Employer Fined $16,895 for Electrocution
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12/09/2015
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State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The California Division of Occupational Safety and Health fined a Santa Maria company $16,895 after one worker was killed and another injured when a pump hoist contacted a live ...Read More
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Ethnic Makeup Cited as Possible Explanation for High L.A. Claim Costs
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12/07/2015
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By: Greg Jones (Senior Editor)
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State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Other
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Of the myraid potential explanations for higher workers' compensation claims costs and frequency in the Los Angeles region, there one potentially simple explanation: A large number of Latinos.
During a legislative hearing in Downey on Wednesday, California Applicants' Attorneys As...Read More
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Emergency Bill Would Give $600 Million to Drug-Abuse Programs
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11/30/2015
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State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal
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U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen last week announced the introduction of a bill that would make an emergency $600 million appropriation to federal programs that combat opioid abuse.
The bill would provide supplemental funding to programs at the Department of Justice and the Department of Hea...Read More
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Employers Planning Another Run at Amending Intoxication Law
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11/20/2015
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State: NM | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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New Mexico employers are considering a fifth try at changing state law to limit benefits available to workers who were intoxicated at the time of their injury, according to a report by the Albuquerque Journal.
Jason Espinoza, president of the New Mexico Association of Commerce and I...Read More
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Expert Report Was Adequate to Support Worker's TMLA Claim
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11/20/2015
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Source: WorkCompCentral
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State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance
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A Texas appellate court is allowing a health care worker's negligence suit against her nonsubscribing employer over an assault by a patient to proceed.
Case: Texas San Marcos Treatment Center v. Payton, No. 03-14-00726-CV, 11/18/2015, published.
Facts: Veronica Payton worked a...Read More
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