Workers' Compensation News
Roofing Company Cited and Fined in Worker's Death | 05/22/2015 | ||
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A Jacksonville, Florida, roofing company faces $154,000 in penalties for not protecting one of its workers who crashed through a skylight, according to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. John W. Miles III died when he fell over 24 feet after falling through the ...Read More | |||
Researchers Review Struggles to Control Rising Costs of Drugs in Comp Systems | 05/18/2015 | ||
By: Greg Jones (Senior Editor) | |||
State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
ORLANDO, Fla. – Efforts to slow the explosive growth in pharmaceutical spending by workers’ compensation carriers throughout the country have met with limited success, according to a pair of researchers speaking on the final day of the National Council on Compensation Insurance 2015 A...Read More | |||
Researchers Warn Construction Firms Avoid Misclassification Penalties by Changing Names | 05/12/2015 | ||
State: MA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
Some construction companies that face penalties for misclassifying workers avoid paying by shutting down and opening new corpora...Read More | |||
Rippinger and Kempner Make Partner at Graves, Bourassa Law Firm | 05/06/2015 | ||
State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
Attorneys Joseph W. Rippinger III and Carol A. Kempner have been named partners of the Southern California law firm that is now ...Read More | |||
Railway Employer not Liable for Failure to Guard Against Worker's Death from Heart Attack | 05/05/2015 | ||
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State: FL | Segment: Courts | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
A divided 1st District Court of Appeal panel ruled that a railway was entitled to a directed verdict in its favor on a claim that it had violated the Federal Employers Liability Act by failing to take preventative measures to guard against an employee suffering from cardiac arrest. ...Read More | |||
Regulators Shut Down Construction Site for alleged Employee Misclassification | 05/05/2015 | ||
State: CT | Segment: Business | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
The Connecticut Department of Labor issued stop-work orders to contractors at a worksite in North Haven that allegedly failed to provide proof of workers' compensation coverage. The department issued stop-work orders to three separate contractors at a worksite at 520 N. Washington Ave...Read More | |||
Roofing Co. Fined $125K for Fall Dangers and exposed Power Lines | 05/04/2015 | ||
State: IL | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
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Report Blames Lack of Safety Training for Firefighters' Death | 05/04/2015 | ||
State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
A lack of standards and employee resources were to blame for the deaths of two Toledo firefighters last year, according to a recent report that is now bein...Read More | |||
Record Low for Mining Deaths this Year, so far | 05/01/2015 | ||
State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
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Ringling Brothers Circus Agrees to OSHA Violations and Penalties | 04/28/2015 | ||
State: MA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
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