Workers' Compensation News
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Fort Worth Zoo Hit with Penalties after Elephant Injures Worker | 03/22/2016 | |
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| By: Risk Media Solutions | |||
| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| After one of its workers was sent to the hospital with a puncture wound from an elephant, the Fort Worth Zoo has been hit with $12,000 in proposed penalties by the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration, ...Read More | |||
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Framer Hammered a Fifth Time for Letting Laborers Work on Heights Sans Safety Measures | 03/21/2016 | |
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| By: Risk Media Solutions | |||
| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration has once again hammered a framing company for allowing employees to work from elevated heights without safety measures. ...Read More | |||
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Fee Schedule Update Changes Rules for Surgery Centers, Physician Dispensing | 03/18/2016 | |
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| State: NV | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Nevada's updated medical fee schedule incorporates the Current Procedural Terminology codes used by the state's Medicaid program for ambulatory surgery centers and includes new rules on physician dispensing and compound medications, according to the latest ...Read More | |||
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Fired Hog Processing Workers Claim Wrongful Termination After Filing Comp Claims | 03/18/2016 | |
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| State: MO | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| Three former employees of Triumph Foods, LLC., are suing the hog processing plant in St. Joseph, claiming they were wrongfully terminated following the exercise of their rights under the state’s workers’ compensation laws. ...Read More | |||
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Fee Schedules Set for Workers' Compensation Medical Services | 03/16/2016 | |
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| State: VA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe has signed into law legislation setting fee schedules and employers’ maximum liabilities for workers’ compensation medical claims. ...Read More | |||
| Fired Clerk Sues Ex-Boss in Federal Court | 03/16/2016 | ||
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| A former Knox County Circuit Court deputy chief clerk is suing his old boss in federal court, claiming he was fired in retaliation for taking medical leave, filing for workers’ compensation for a hernia surgery and exposing an alleged “ghost employee” on the payro...Read More | |||
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Firefighter Cancer-Presumption Bill Gains Support | 03/10/2016 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Legislation in Ohio that would create a rebuttable presumption of compensability for certain types of cancers among firefighters has gained the support of the Akron City Council. The council on Monday voted unanimously to pass a resolution urging Ohio lawmakers to vote for the law, WEWS-T...Read More | |||
| Fall Hazards Bring $92,400 in Fines Against Construction Company | 03/08/2016 | ||
| State: AL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| An Alabama construction company accused of exposing workers to fall hazards faces $92,400 in penalties by the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration. OSHA on March 4 cited Mega Construction Co. of Robertsdale for two repeat violations for failing to provide fall-protection equ...Read More | |||
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False SSN Leads to Felony Fraud Charges Against Claimant | 03/07/2016 | |
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| State: GA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| An investigation by the Georgia State Workers' Compensation Board led to the arrest of a Tifton claimant for using a false Social Security number when filing a workers' compensation claim. ...Read More | |||
| Fired County Worker Charged with Workers' Compensation Fraud | 03/07/2016 | ||
| State: OK | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Attorney General’s Office Thursday filed workers’ compensation fraud charges against a former Oklahoma County employee who claimed he injured his knee while on the job while hiding the fact it happened while playing football. Attorney General Scott Pruitt, in a press relea...Read More | |||
