Workers' Compensation News
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OSHA Fines Metal-Plating Co. $341,550 for Exposing Workers to Carcinogen
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09/05/2014
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Source: OSHA
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State: OK | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is proposing $341,550 in fines against a Grove, Oklahoma-based metal-plating services company after an inspection turned up 38 safety and health violations.
The citations included nine repeat violations for similar hazards the administrati...Read More
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OSHA Fines Farmers Co-op $84,000 after Worker Falls off Truck and Dies
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09/04/2014
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State: NE | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance
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The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is proposing $84,000 in fines for an agricultural cooperative after a worker at a fertilizer facility fell off a tanker truck and died in May.
The administration cited Farmers Cooperative, which has offices throughout the southeastern port...Read More
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OID Lauds NCCI's Filing for 7.8% Overall Loss-Cost Cut
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09/04/2014
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State: OK | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The Oklahoma Insurance Department announced that loss costs in the state will decrease overall for the second straight year, following the National Council on Compensation Insurance’s filing for a 7.8% overall loss-cost level cut.
The loss-cost cut to take effect Jan. 1, 2015, will ...Read More
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OAL Approves Medical Provider Network Regs
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09/03/2014
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State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The California Office of Administrative Law approved new medical provider network regulations implementing provisions from the 2012 reform measure such as the requirement for networks to have assistants who can help injured workers schedule appointments.
Each network must have at least th...Read More
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One Call Plans Closure of Tampa Facility, 99 Layoffs
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09/03/2014
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State: FL | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Medical cost-containment firm One Call Care Management is planning to lay off 99 employees beginning on Oct. 31 and close its Tampa facility.
One Call notified Florida’s Department of Economic Opportunity of its intent in an Aug. 29 Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification noti...Read More
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Ohio Chiropractor Pleads Guilty to Workers' Compensation Fraud
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09/03/2014
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Source: Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation
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State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
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An Ohio chiropractor has been ordered to pay more than $300,000 in restitution following a guilty plea to workers’ compensation fraud, a fourth-degree felony.
Michael L. Brown pleaded guilty Aug. 22 in Franklin County Commons Pleas Court to allegations of billing for services not re...Read More
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OSHA: Contractor Exposed Workers to Falls, Impalement
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09/02/2014
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State: NJ | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
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A Stirling, New Jersey-based contractor is facing $52,470 in fines after federal inspectors allegedly uncovered falling and impalement hazards at three construction sites.
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration discovered eight health and safety violations during a February ins...Read More
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OSHA Proposes $48K in Penalties against Roofing Co. for Fall Hazards
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08/28/2014
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State: IL | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration is proposing $48,400 in penalties against an Illinois roofing company for exposing workers to fall hazards.
OSHA said in a press release that employees at a construction site in Bradley, Illinois, were expected to work on a low-sloped...Read More
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Oversight Panel Has Quick Turnaround Deadline for Fee Schedule
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08/27/2014
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State: DE | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Vendor
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Straight out of the legislative womb, Delaware’s Workers’ Compensation Oversight Panel has just over a month to put together a medical fee schedule that will slash workers’ compensation medical costs by one-fifth in its first year of existence, and by one-third over three years....Read More
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