Workers' Compensation News
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Old Fund Liabilities Drive Talks of MSF Privatization
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11/11/2013
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By: Greg Jones (Senior Editor)
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State: MT | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
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By Greg Jones, Western Bureau ChiefA failed effort to force the Montana State Fund to tap into its surplus to pay off the growing unfunded liability for claims incurred before it was created in 1990 has prompted state law...Read More
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OSHA Proposes New Rule to Track Workplace Injuries
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11/08/2013
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By: Greg Jones (Senior Editor)
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State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration on Thursday proposed a new rule that it says will improve the tracking of workplace injuries.OSHA is proposing to amend current recordkeeping regulations to add requirements for the electronic submission of injury and illness info...Read More
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OWC Proposing Changes to Fee Schedule
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11/07/2013
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State: DE | Segment: EAST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The Delaware Office of Workers' Compensation is proposing regulatory changes that would revise fees for hot/cold packs and make Medispan the sole source for determining the average wholesale price of drugs prescribed to injured workers.OW...Read More
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OSIA Holding Winter Conference in January
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11/06/2013
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By: Greg Jones (Senior Editor)
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State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The Oregon Self-Insurers Association is holding its 2014 winter conference on Jan. 16 and 17 at the Holiday Inn in Wilsonville.The conference will feature an economic and workers’ compensation industry forecast as well as presentations about topics, including work comp statutes and...Read More
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OSHA Seeks $82K in Fines for Repeat Violations by Recycling Co.
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11/06/2013
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By: Jim Sams (Senior Editor)
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State: WI | Segment: CENTRAL | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration is proposing fines of $82,000 against a Houston-based glass and plastic recycling company accused of repeat violations involving its failure to develop and implement a respiratory protection program following a May complaint inspection of its fa...Read More
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Oliver Wyman's Hartford Office Expands Actuarial Practice
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11/06/2013
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State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Oliver Wyman has opened a new actuarial office in Hartford, Conn., expanding its practice into the Northeast with its third new office opening since June.Guillaume Briere-Giroux, a former senior consultant with Towers Watson’s Risk Consulting practice, will head the new Hartford of...Read More
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OSHA Fines Welding Contractor $5,600 after Fatal Accident Probe
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11/06/2013
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State: CT | Segment: EAST | 0 | Popular with Insurance
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A Connecticut welding contractor has been cited with two serious safety violations and fined $5,600 by the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration following its investigation into an April accident that took the life of a worker crushed between two temporary office trailers.Th...Read More
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OWCA's Fraud Claims Unit Investigated 1,040 Claims in 3rd Quarter
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11/05/2013
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State: LA | Segment: CENTRAL | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The Louisiana Office of Workers' Compensation Administration investigated more than 1,040 fraudulent claims during the third quarter of 2013, according to the agency's third-quarter activity report. The report documents the activities of the OWCA's fraud claims unit, hearing ...Read More
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OSHA Cites Resort, Contractor after fatal Accident
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11/05/2013
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State: FL | Segment: EAST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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A Tampa Bay area resort and contractor have until Thursday to contest alleged serious safety violations, totaling more than $80,000 in potential fines, uncovered during an investigation by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration following a fatal work site accident in April.OSH...Read More
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Officer Can't Get Accidental Disability Retirement for Knee Injuries
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11/04/2013
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By: Sherri Okamoto (Legal Reporter)
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State: NY | Segment: EAST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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A police officer was not entitled to accidental disability retirement benefits based on any of four incidents in which he suffered injuries to his knees, a New York appellate court ruled. Case: Matter of Quartucio v. DiNapoli, No. 516516, 10/24/2013, published....Read More
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