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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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Electrical Therapy 'Reasonable to Try' for Chronic Pain
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11/17/2015
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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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A therapy that uses electrical stimulation to try to relieve chronic pain could be an effective adjunct treatment to help reduce the use of opioid drugs by injured workers.
That’s the conclusion of an a...Read More
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