Workers' Compensation News
| Oregon OSHA Dials Back COVID Safety Protocols | 03/22/2022 | ||
| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Due to rapidly declining COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations, the Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services announced Friday that it is making “substantive changes” to its rule addressing COVID-19 workplace risks. ...Read More | |||
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Officer With High Blood Pressure at Preemployment Physical Can't Get Benefits for Hypertension | 03/22/2022 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Florida appellate court upheld a denial of benefits to a deputy sheriff for his hypertension because his preemployment physical produced evidence of elevated blood pressure. ...Read More | |||
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OSHA Cites Contractor Involved in Two Boston Deaths Last Year | 03/21/2022 | |
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| State: MA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A contractor already on the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's radar has again been cited for failing to provide workers with required job site safeguards, the East Boston Times-Free Press ...Read More | |||
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OSHA Cites Concrete Supplier for Serious Violations After Fatality | 03/18/2022 | |
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| State: RI | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| An Occupational Safety and Health Administration investigation found that a Smithfield, Rhode Island, concrete company could have prevented a worker from suffering fatal head injuries while repairing a cement truck in 2021. ...Read More | |||
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OSHA Cites Hot Tub Manufacturer for Chemical Exposure | 03/17/2022 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited a Pennsylvania hot tub manufacturer for continuing to expose workers to a dangerous chemical. ...Read More | |||
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OSHA Dings Trash-Burning Plant for Toxic Workplace Hazards | 03/17/2022 | |
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| State: MA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Occupational Safety and Health Administration imposed penalties of $26,107 against a bankrupt waste facility in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, for exposing workers to hazardous, chemical-laden smoke. ...Read More | |||
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OSHA: Required Safety Measures Could Have Prevented Deadly Accident | 03/11/2022 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A federal workplace safety investigation found that a 34-year-old worker’s fatal fall might have been prevented had the operator of a Pauma Valley zip-line attraction implemented required safety measures. ...Read More | |||
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Officials at Medical Supply and Billing Company Charged With Fraud | 03/02/2022 | |
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| State: AR | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Arkansas announced that a federal grand jury indicted the former owner of a medical supply and billing company and the firm’s chief executive officer for their role in three alleged conspiracies to defraud the federal government a...Read More | |||
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Optum Rx to Pay $5.8M for Not Following Pricing Procedures | 02/25/2022 | |
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| State: MA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office announced that pharmacy benefits manager Optum Rx agreed to pay $5.8 million to settle a claim that it failed to follow workers’ compensation prescription drug pricing procedures. ...Read More | |||
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Optum: More Naloxone Options Coming to Market | 02/11/2022 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A high-dose opioid antagonist and generic versions of a nasal spray commonly used to reverse overdoses are both hitting the market, according to an update from Optum Workers’ Comp and Auto No-Fault. ...Read More | |||
