Workers' Compensation News
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OSHA: Worker's Death at Tonawanda Coke Was Preventable | 07/11/2016 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| A New York worker who died after getting pulled into the rotating shaft of a coal elevator six months ago was not properly trained, OSHA’s Buffalo office has determined. ...Read More | |||
| Officer Trainee Who Injured Knee Playing Football Pleads Guilty to WC Fraud | 07/11/2016 | ||
| State: OK | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A former corrections officer trainee who collected workers' compensation benefits from the Oklahoma County Sheriff's Office injured himself while playing football, not during training, ...Read More | |||
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OSHA's Maximum Penalties Going Up 78% on Aug. 1 | 07/08/2016 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Just as the federal government is poised to increase maximum penalties for workplace safety violations by 78%, a workers’ rights organization has released a report that criticizes the government practice of negotiating with employers to decrease penalty amounts. ...Read More | |||
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Opioid Prescribing Rate Falls in Q2, Analysis Finds | 07/08/2016 | |
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| State: MA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The percentage of patients receiving opioid prescriptions fell more quickly in Massachusetts than in the nation as a whole in the first half of 2016, according to data from Athenahealth. ...Read More | |||
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OSHA Cites Chicago-Area Dental Practice for Exposing Workers to Blood-Borne Pathogens | 07/06/2016 | |
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| State: IL | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Journalist | |||
| A dental practice near Chicago didn't require employees to wear appropriate gloves and protection, leading to potential exposure to blood-borne pathogens, the Occupational Health and Safety Administration found. ...Read More | |||
| OSHA Orders Banjo Billy's Bus Tours Ex-Boss To Pay Fired Whistleblower $11,000 | 06/29/2016 | ||
| State: CO | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Other | |||
| The former owner of the Boulder-based Banjo Billy's Bus Tours must pay back wages, interest and damages to an employee he allegedly terminated for refusing to drive an unsafe bus, ...Read More | |||
| Oliver Wyman Opens 2nd Actuarial Office in Texas | 06/29/2016 | ||
| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Actuarial Practice of Oliver Wyman will open a new location in Dallas -- its 17th actuarial office in North America and the Caribbean and its second in Texas -- led by Manuel Guerra, the practice announced ...Read More | |||
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ODG's Removal From National Clearinghouse Raises Questions | 06/24/2016 | |
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| By: Elaine Goodman (medical/business reporter) | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Medical treatment guidelines used in workers’ compensation all claim to be evidence-based, but when it comes to defining what constitutes an evidence-based guideline, there’s not a consensus. ...Read More | |||
| OSHA Finds Yeshiva Construction Site Posed Electrical, Fall Hazards | 06/23/2016 | ||
| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A Brooklyn yeshiva was fined $49,200 and issued citations for 21 serious violations of workplace safety standards after OSHA found widespread electrical and fall hazards at the building site of its six-story school and office building, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's Manha...Read More | |||
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OSHA to Hold Informal Stakeholders Meeting on Hazards in Tree Care Industry | 06/17/2016 | |
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| State: DC | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Occupational Safety and Health Administration will hold an informal stakeholder meeting on hazards in the tree care industry on July 13 in Washington, D.C., the agency announc...Read More | |||
