Workers' Compensation News
| OSHA Cites Illinois Roofer For 20th Time, Issues $214K Fine | 01/05/2017 | ||
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| The Occupational Safety and Health Administration cited an Illinois roofer for the 20th time after finding workers were yet again exposed to the risk of falls at its worksites. OSHA fined Robert Barringer III, operating as Barringer Brothers Roofing, $214,782 on Tuesday. The fine stemmed ...Read More | |||
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OSHA Fines Medical Clinic $261K for Asbestos Hazards | 01/04/2017 | |
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| State: WI | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Despite identifying asbestos hazards in 2008, a Wisconsin medical clinic did not tell maintenance workers, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration said. ...Read More | |||
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OSHA Cracks Down on Amputation Hazards | 01/03/2017 | |
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| By: J. Todd Foster (Reporter) | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A rash of workplace amputations has triggered an ongoing awareness campaign by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, which is taking aim at manufacturers in Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana and Oklahoma. ...Read More | |||
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OSHA Names New Region VI Director | 12/30/2016 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Kelly Knighton, deputy director of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s Dallas regional office, has been named the office’s new administrator and will oversee enforcement and compliance in Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas. ...Read More | |||
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Owner of 2 Companies Indicted After Allegedly Evading $40K in Premium | 12/27/2016 | |
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| State: MA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A grand jury in Norfolk, Massachusetts, has indicted the owner of a cleaning company and temporary employment agency on workers' compensation fraud charges, accusing him of fudging the size of his payrolls to evade $40,000 in workers' compensation premiums, ...Read More | |||
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OSHA Fines Contractor $87K for Recurring Scaffolding Issues | 12/22/2016 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Other | |||
| The federal work safety agency has fined a Pennsylvania contractor $87,794 for using unsafe scaffolds at a Philadelphia work site. The Occupation...Read More | |||
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OSHA Penalties and Cases Decreasing Due to More Safety and Less Reporting | 12/22/2016 | |
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| State: CT | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Medical | |||
| The dollar amount of penalties levied against Connecticut companies for OSHA violations dropped by more than half between 2011 and 2015, and the number of cases fell by 40%, the Connecticut ...Read More | |||
| OSHA: Sustainability Efforts Should Include Worker Safety and Health | 12/21/2016 | ||
| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration has released a white paper that highlights what it calls the importance of including worker safety and health in the growing movement toward sustainability and corporate responsibility. Many businesses are embracing the triple bottom ...Read More | |||
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OSHA: Manufacturer Exposed Workers to Chemical, Machine Hazards | 12/20/2016 | |
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| State: MO | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A federal court order prompted a safety inspection of a sheet metal manufacturing facility in El Dorado Springs, leading to proposed fines of $138,430 for more than a dozen alleged violations. ...Read More | |||
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OSHA Penalties for In-State Employers Drop 50% from 2011 to 2015 | 12/20/2016 | |
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| State: CT | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Federal work safety inspections are down in Connecticut, mirroring a trend happening nationally, the Hartford Courant newspaper reports. Th...Read More | |||
