Workers' Compensation News
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Fine for Drilling Company Following Death of Construction Worker
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10/19/2015
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State: NE | Segment: Safety | 0 | Popular with Insurance
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A drilling company faces fines of close to $15,000 following the fatal injury of a worker at a job site in Nebraska.
BS Pilings Solutions, of Riverside, Missouri, was fined for failing to properly rig a load, to train those working around cranes and suspended loads and to r...Read More
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Fatal Explosion Results in almost $1M in Fines
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10/16/2015
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State: NE | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance
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A railcar cleaning company faces close to one million dollars in fines after an explosion that killed two of its workers.
Moments before the two employees, ages 41 and 45, were sent in to a railcar, a check of the air quality indicated a serious risk of an explosion, an investigation...Read More
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Flooring Contractor Cited for Labor Law Violations
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10/14/2015
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State: RI | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The Rhode Island labor department has ordered a second contractor to pay penalties and back wages to workers whom state regulators say were misclassified as independent contractors.
State Department of Labor and Training Director Scott Jensen said the department on Sept. 24 ordered Mancie...Read More
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Franchisor Not Liable for Uninsured Franchisee's Injured Employee
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10/13/2015
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By: Sherri Okamoto (Legal Reporter)
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State: PA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania last week ruled that a restaurant franchisor was not liable for the benefits owed to an uninsured franchisee's injured employee. Liability instead fell on the state's Uninsured Employers Guaranty Fund, the unanimous panel said.
The court...Read More
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Fee Schedule, Protocols on Medical Advisory Board Agenda
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10/08/2015
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State: RI | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The Rhode Island Medical Advisory Board will discuss preferred provider networks and a possible revision of independent medical examiner rules during a meeting scheduled for Nov. 3 in Providence.
Other items on the agenda:
Preferred provider networks.
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Feds Announce Agreement with L&I
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10/06/2015
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State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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A pair of federal agencies announced an agreement with the Washington state Department of Labor and Industries to resolve civil rights complaints filed by people who alleged their limited English proficiency subjected them to national origin discrimination in the state's workers' compensa...Read More
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Former Comp Judge Wins $7M Award
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10/06/2015
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State: MO | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
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A jury has awarded $7 million to an administrative law judge for the Missouri Workers' Compensation Division who claimed he was fired because of his disability, according to a ...Read More
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Fatal Fall Brings $47K in Fines against 2 Contractors
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10/05/2015
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State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance
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A worker's fatal fall from the fourth floor of an apartment complex under construction prompted the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration to propose $47,200 in fines against two Houston contractors.
OSHA cited Jose Miguel Charles and Blazer Building Inc. for failing ...Read More
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Fraud Bureau Hosting WC Fraud Seminar
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09/30/2015
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State: MA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The Insurance Fraud Bureau of Massachusetts will present a seminar on workers' compensation fraud in Natick on Nov. 5.
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