Workers' Compensation News
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Rules Regulating Managed Care Organizations Proposed for Readoption
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06/28/2016
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State: NJ | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance is proposing the readoption of rules pertaining to workers’ compensation managed care organizations.
The proposal, which involves mostly cosmetic tweaks, also includes a new rule that would reduce the non-refundable application fees...Read More
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Railroad Wasn't Liable for Worker's West Nile Infection
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06/27/2016
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Source: WorkCompCentral
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State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
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A divided Texas Supreme Court ruled that a railway could not be held liable for failing to protect an employee from contracting West Nile virus from an infected mosquito.
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Refrigeration Warehouse Exposed Workers to Ammonia, OSHA Finds
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06/23/2016
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State: MO | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance
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A cold storage company in Carthage exposed its workers to electrical, equipment and chemical hazards, leading the Occupational Safety and Health Administration to issue nine serious safety violations, and propose a $54,800 fine, the agency's Kansas City area office announced.
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Recurring Chemical Hazards Net $47,000 in Penalties for Sign Manufacturer
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06/17/2016
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State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The Occupational Safety and Health Administration cited a Lima custom sign manufacturer for exposing workers to respiratory, chemical and paint hazards for the third time in 10 years, the agency announced in a press release. Proposed penalties total $46,970.
Sign Source USA rece...Read More
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Repeat Offender Gets $70,000 in OSHA Fines, Willful Violation for Fall Hazards
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06/16/2016
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State: WI | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Employer
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Employees of Town City Construction, of Appleton, wore harnesses during a federal safety inspection on May 20. But when the inspector returned one hour later, the workers had taken the harnesses off, Occupational Safety and Health Administration area director Mark Hysell found.
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Report: Telemedicine Has Many Potential Applications in Comp
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06/15/2016
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State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Telemedicine has the potential to provide prompt evaluation of a worker injured in a remote location or in the middle of the night, but that’s only one possible use of the service in workers’ comp, according to a new ...Read More
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Ron Calderon Faces More than Five Years after Pleading Guilty to Mail Fraud
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06/13/2016
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State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Former California state Sen. Ronald Calderon signed a plea agreement over the weekend in which he admitted to admitted to arranging $30,000 in payments to his son from Michael D. Drobot in exchange for legislation that would have allowed Drobot to make “substantial amounts of money” b...Read More
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