Workers' Compensation News
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Officials Aren't Itching to Close Courthouse Over Bedbug Sightings | 09/21/2018 | |
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| State: RI | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| Despite calls from labor unions to shut down the courthouse because of bedbugs, court administrators have said it's not such a biting concern and plan to keep the building operating. ...Read More | |||
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OSHA Proposes $21K in Penalties After Worker Killed at Job Site | 09/18/2018 | |
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| State: MS | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration cited two Mississippi companies for safety violations after a worker suffered fatal injuries at a Utica work site. ...Read More | |||
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OSHA Proposes $192K in Fines Following Finger Amputation | 09/17/2018 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| A wood pallet manufacturer in Columbus, Ohio, is facing proposed federal penalties of $191,794 after a worker suffered a finger amputation. Buckeye...Read More | |||
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OSHA Finds 14 Serious Violations at Sawmill Where Worker Was Killed | 09/17/2018 | |
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| State: MO | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Vendor | |||
| A sawmill in St. Joseph where a worker was fatally injured after falling into a machine is facing proposed federal penalties of $199,183. Ameri...Read More | |||
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One Call, Broadspire Partner on Chronic Wound Program | 09/12/2018 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| One Call, a provider of workers' compensation care management services, is partnering with third-party administrator Broadspire to develop a program to improve the healing of wounds in injured workers. ...Read More | |||
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Operators of Care Company Charged With Trafficking, Not Carrying Comp Insurance, Fraud | 09/11/2018 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Four family members failed to carry workers’ compensation insurance for the immigrant laborers they forced to work for their adult residential and child care company, according to California’s attorney general. ...Read More | |||
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Occupational Illnesses and Exposures Up Slightly, Report Shows | 09/06/2018 | |
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| By: William Rabb (Reporter) | |||
| State: CT | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| By one measure, work-related illnesses and exposures increased slightly in Connecticut in 2016, thanks in part to a rise in infectious disease and human-bite incidents. By another measure, the number of reported diseases was lower than in 2015, but the rate was still higher than in most other sta...Read More | |||
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Overhaul of Workers' Compensation Board Rules Effective Sept. 1 | 09/04/2018 | |
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| State: ME | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Workers’ compensation practitioners in Maine return from the holiday weekend with an entirely new rule book. ...Read More | |||
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OSHA Proposing Maximum Fines Against Plant Where Employee Fell | 08/30/2018 | |
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| State: AL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| An accident that seriously injured an employee who fell 30 feet at plant in Millport prompted more than $200,000 in proposed penalties against two companies, the U.S. Occupational Safety Administration said. ...Read More | |||
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Oil Well Owner Had No Liability to Contractor's Employee for Injuries | 08/22/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A California appellate court ruled that an oil well owner was entitled to the dismissal of a tort claim by a contractor’s injured employee for injuries from an explosion. ...Read More | |||
