Workers' Compensation News
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Excavating Co. Hit With 15th OSHA Citation for Unsafe Trenches
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01/18/2016
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State: WI | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
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A Wisconsin excavation company that allegedly failed to provide cave-in protection for employees working in a trench is facing safety citations and proposed penalties of $69,300 from the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
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Explosion at Carbon Fiber Plant Leads to $1.3 Million Fine
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01/14/2016
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State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance
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The Washington state Department of Labor & Industries assessed $1.3 million in penalties following an investigation into a July 2015 explosion at a carbon fiber production plant in Newport that injured 17 workers.
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Employer Can Subrogate Against Recovery from Co-Worker's Auto Carrier
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01/13/2016
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Source: WorkCompCentral
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State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The Commonwealth Court ruled that an employer was entitled to subrogate against a worker's recovery on an uninsured motorist claim she had asserted against a colleague's auto liability insurance carrier to recover for an accident involving a hit-and-run driver.
Case: Davis v. WCAB...Read More
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Executive VP Appointed for Specialty Markets Plus
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01/11/2016
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State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal
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SMP Consulting Group, a national premium-audit consulting firm, announced that its subsidiary company, Specialty Markets Plus, has appointed Edward Ragan as executive vice president.
Ragan brings 35 years of experience in the insurance and reinsurance marketplace to his position at Specia...Read More
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Electrotherapy Proponents Working for Greater Acceptance
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12/28/2015
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By: Elaine Goodman (medical/business reporter)
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State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Though electrotherapy's effectiveness as a pain reliever has been the subject of much debate, and even lawsuits, the practice is gaining credibility among medical cost-containment service providers.
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Excela Health Offering Occ Med Services
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12/14/2015
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State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Excela Health has launched an occupational medicine program at its outpatient center in North Huntingdon, Pennsylvania in conjunction with Washi...Read More
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Energy Company Fined $58,025 for Explosion
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12/11/2015
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State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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California workplace safety regulators fined Quantum Energy Storage Corp. $58,025 for a failure to follow safe machine operating standards that resulted in an explosion, injuring four workers.
Cal-OSHA said a 7-foot, 11,000-pound metal flywheel used to test the energy storage system ...Read More
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