Workers' Compensation News
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One Call Names Matt Jenkins COO | 03/05/2024 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| One Call Care Management on Monday named Matt Jenkins as its chief operating officer, a newly created role for the company, which coordinates care for injured workers. ...Read More | |||
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OSHA Fines Transportation Company $437,860 | 02/06/2024 | |
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| State: NJ | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration fined a New Jersey transportation company $437,860 for workplace safety and health hazards at a site in Paulsboro. ...Read More | |||
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OSHA Fines Trade Show Display Manufacturer $256,931 | 12/28/2023 | |
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| State: NJ | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration proposed $256,931 in penalties after citing a New Jersey trade show display manufacturer for allegedly exposing workers to dozens of safety and health hazards. ...Read More | |||
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OSHA to Update Safety Standards for Emergency Response Workers | 12/26/2023 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Occupational Safety and Health Administration will propose rules next year to update workplace safety standards for firefighters, emergency medical service providers, and search-and-rescue workers. ...Read More | |||
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One Call Names Steven Schultz Chief Growth Officer | 12/12/2023 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Care coordinator One Call on Monday announced that Steven Schultz joined the company as chief growth officer. ...Read More | |||
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Occupational Disease Act's Exclusive Remedy Inapplicable to Retired Worker | 11/17/2023 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Commonwealth Court ruled that where a former employee’s occupational disease is not compensable, he is not subject to the exclusive remedies defined in the Occupational Disease Act and may proceed with civil proceedings filed in the courts of common pleas. ...Read More | |||
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OIR Cuts Comp Rates by 15.1% | 11/14/2023 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Florida Insurance Commissioner Michael Yaworski approved a National Council on Compensation Insurance recommendation to reduce workers’ compensation rates by 15.1% on policies incepting in 2024. ...Read More | |||
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Out-of-State Resident Gets Benefits for Motorcycle Accident en Route to Dinner | 11/09/2023 | |
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| State: KY | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Kentucky Court of Appeals ruled that a traveling worker was entitled to benefits for his injuries from a motorcycle accident that happened while he was headed to a restaurant for dinner. ...Read More | |||
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OSHA Fines Grocery Store for Not Preventing Fatal Fall | 11/01/2023 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration fined a Florida grocery store $95,315 for violations it says were discovered during an investigation of a preventable fatal fall. ...Read More | |||
| OccMD Acquires Corporate Remedies, Will Offer Outcome-Based Networks | 10/23/2023 | ||
| Source: Steve Nichols (News Contributor) | |||
| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| OccMD, LLC, of Dallas announced the acquisition of Corporate Remedies, Inc. OccMD, LLC, offers an array of workers’ compensation and injury benefit services that include medical case management, physician-led nurse case management, independent medical exams, peer reviews and m...Read More | |||
