Workers' Compensation News
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OSHA Issues Guidance for Meatpacking, Respirators | 04/28/2020 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued guidance for keeping meat processing workers safe during the COVID-19 epidemic, as well as separate guidance on reusing disposable N95 face masks that have been decontaminated. ...Read More | |||
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ODG Guideline Update Likely to List Hydroxychloroquine as N-Drug | 04/27/2020 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Despite endorsement from President Trump and some Fox News hosts, a drug used to treat malaria will probably be listed as an “N-drug” — not recommended — for COVID-19 treatment, according to the editor of the Official Disability Guidelines. ...Read More | |||
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OSHA Announces Plans to Protect Workers During Pandemic | 04/16/2020 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Occupational Safety and Health Administration announced an interim enforcement response plan to protect workers and issued an alert listing safety tips that ...Read More | |||
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Officer With Shoulder Injury Can't Get Benefits for Deep Vein Thrombosis | 04/15/2020 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Medical | |||
| An Ohio appellate court rejected an injured police officer’s challenge to a jury’s determination that he was not entitled to workers’ compensation benefits for deep vein thrombosis. ...Read More | |||
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OSHA Limits Enforcement of COVID Reporting | 04/15/2020 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Occupational Safety and Health Administration said it will not require most employers to record occupational cases of COVID-19. The fede...Read More | |||
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OSHA Issues COVID-19 Safety Tips to Employers, Workers | 04/10/2020 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The U.S. Department of Labor has issued several directives aimed at keeping workers safe and employers accountable in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, the department said this week. ...Read More | |||
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OSHA Fines Company $415,204 Following Fatal Fall | 04/10/2020 | |
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| State: OK | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration fined an Oklahoma company $415,204 following an investigation into a fatal fall in October 2019. ...Read More | |||
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Official Warns Insurers to Stop Using Virus as Reason to Drop Coverage | 04/09/2020 | |
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| State: ME | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Maine's superintendent of insurance has issued a warning to property-casualty insurers to refrain from using the COVID-19 epidemic as an excuse to avoid honoring some policies. ...Read More | |||
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OSHA Issues Stiff Fines in Hard Rock, I-4 Accidents That Killed 8 | 04/06/2020 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration has issued more than $500,000 in fines for safety violations that resulted in eight deaths and dozens of injuries at two highly publicized construction projects. ...Read More | |||
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OWCA Issues Emergency Rule on Refills, Treatment Authorization | 03/25/2020 | |
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| State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Louisiana Workforce Commission has issued an emergency rule directing insurers to relax deadlines for medical authorization and prescription refills, except for opioids. ...Read More | |||
