Workers' Compensation News
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Optum Posts Reference Guide on Compound Drug Rules in Different States | 08/20/2021 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Optum posted to its website a reference guide for how different state workers’ compensation systems handle compound drugs. The referenc...Read More | |||
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OSHA Uses 'Egregious Citation Policy,' Fines Contractor $1.3M for Worker Deaths | 08/20/2021 | |
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| State: MA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration invoked an "egregious citation policy" in fining a contractor $1.3 million after two workers died at a sewer repair work site in Boston. ...Read More | |||
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OSHA Recommends Indoor Masks Where COVID Transmission High | 08/19/2021 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration is recommending all workers regardless of vaccination status wear masks in indoor settings where COVID-19 transmission rates are “substantial or high,” which, at the moment, is an area that includes more than nine in 10 U.S. co...Read More | |||
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One Day Comp Seminar Scheduled for Oct. 14 | 08/18/2021 | |
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| State: NJ | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A comprehensive New Jersey workers’ compensation seminar on Oct. 14 will explore issues ranging from the pandemic and return-to-work to head and knee injuries. ...Read More | |||
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OSHA Cites Grain Co-Op Following Engulfment in Silo | 08/11/2021 | |
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| State: IL | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Federal workplace safety officials fined a grain-handling cooperative in central Illinois $303,510 after a worker was engulfed up to the waist in soybeans. ...Read More | |||
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Origami Risk Appoints Joe Cannon as VP of Sales | 08/11/2021 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Origami Risk on Tuesday announced the appointment of Joe Cannon as vice president of sales for the firm’s Core Solutions division, which serves insurers, risk pools, third-party administrators and managing general agents. ...Read More | |||
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Orchid Medical Appoints Jeff Ziblut as VP of Clinical Operations | 08/11/2021 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Ancillary medical management and cost-containment firm Orchid Medical on Tuesday announced the appointment of Jeff Ziblut as vice president of clinical operations. ...Read More | |||
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OSHA Plans Regional Programs Focused on Confined Space Hazards | 08/09/2021 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Occupational Safety and Health Administration on Monday released plans for two regional emphasis programs that will target the transportation tank-cleaning industry in the Midwest and those facing confined space dangers in Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Louisiana. ...Read More | |||
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OSHA Cites Medical Facility, Staffing Agency Over COVID-19 Hazards | 08/09/2021 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration on Wednesday said it cited a medical facility and a temporary staffing agency for failing to ensure the safety and health of nurses giving flu shots and COVID-19 tests. ...Read More | |||
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OSHA: Fall Hazards in Residential Construction Top State's Workplace Violations for 2020 | 07/06/2021 | |
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| By: Mark Powell (Reporter) | |||
| State: TX | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Federal safety officials last year issued hundreds of citations totaling more than $2 million in fines to Texas employers that allegedly failed to mitigate fall hazards at residential construction sites, according to data from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. ...Read More | |||
