Workers' Compensation News
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Opt-Out Employers Have 90 Days to Get Comp Coverage | 09/15/2016 | |
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| By: J. Todd Foster (Reporter) | |||
| State: OK | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Supporters of the Oklahoma Option say they anticipated the state Supreme Court might rule the so-called opt-out act unconstitutional and began preparing contingency plans earlier this summer. ...Read More | |||
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OSHA Finds Many Issues at Poultry Processing Plant Where Employee Lost Thumb | 09/15/2016 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Other | |||
| An employee at a chicken processing facility in Pennsylvania lost a thumb while operating a mixing machine in March, leading to a $318,000 fine for the company. ...Read More | |||
| OSHA: Workers Routinely Attacked at Youth Facility | 09/15/2016 | ||
| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| At a Reading facility for youth in crisis, residents attacked workers more than 10 times in seven months, the federal occupational safety agency found. One young person kicked a worker in the face, head and neck. Another bit a worker's arms. The Occupational Safety ...Read More | |||
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OSHA Fines O'Hare Forklift Operators for Transporting Unsecured Fuel Tanks | 09/15/2016 | |
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| State: IL | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| Forklift operators at Chicago's busiest airport often transport fuel containers that aren't secured with clamps, Occupational Safety and Health Administration inspectors found. ...Read More | |||
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OSHA Training Program Targets Hard-to-Reach Workers | 09/15/2016 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| The federal work safety agency announced it has distributed $10.5 million in occupational health training grants to 77 nonprofits across the country. ...Read More | |||
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OSHA Seeks Comments From Shipyard Workers | 09/12/2016 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| The federal workplace safety agency might update its shipyard safety standards, and it wants to hear from workers. The Occupational Safety and ...Read More | |||
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OSHA: Framing Contractor Put Employees at Risk of Falls | 09/08/2016 | |
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| State: IN | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Four employees of an Indiana framing contractor worked from two stories up without fall protection as they constructed a Perrysburg home in May. That...Read More | |||
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OSHA to Austin-Area Construction Companies: Don't Repeat Lockhart's Mistake | 09/08/2016 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Two construction companies at an Austin work site received federal safety citations for failing to adequately guard trenches, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration announced this week. ...Read More | |||
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OSHA Fines Auto Manufacturer $218K for Repeat Amputation, Electrical Hazards | 09/06/2016 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| A Syracuse auto manufacturer failed to correct amputation, crushing and electrical hazards in its facility, netting it more than $218,000 in penalties on a follow-up safety inspection. ...Read More | |||
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Opponents, Supporters of Single-Payer Butt Heads Over Impact on Comp | 08/30/2016 | |
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| By: Emily Brill (Reporter) | |||
| State: CO | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Workers' compensation insurers have come out swinging against Colorado's single-payer health care proposal, claiming that return-to-work times will increase if insurers can no longer direct injured workers to an approved network of doctors. ...Read More | |||
