Workers' Compensation News
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Trucking Company Must Answer for Alleged Safety Violations at All Facilities | 12/28/2015 | |
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| State: MA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A trucking company cited for safety violations at one of its terminals has been ordered to answer allegations it failed to comply with standards at its other some 200 centers across the country. ...Read More | |||
| Tile and Granite Company Faces $261,000 Fine for Safety Violations | 12/24/2015 | ||
| State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Washington state Department of Labor and Industries fined a tile and granite company $261,000 for failing to protect workers from exposure to silica dust and other hazards typically associated with grinding stone slabs. ...Read More | |||
| Thousands of Employers Share Millions in Safety Rebates, Performance Bonuses | 12/22/2015 | ||
| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Thousands of employers in Ohio are receiving close to a total of $8 million in rebate savings and performance bonuses as part of the state's ongoing effort to promote workplace safety and cut the number of injuries. ...Read More | |||
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Truss Collapse that Injured 4 Leads to $44,600 in OSHA Fines | 12/21/2015 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Vendor | |||
| After receiving a report from the Fort Worth Police Department that four workers were hospitalized after a roof truss collapsed, the U.S. Occupational Saf...Read More | |||
| Tampa Tribune Joins Opposition to Presumption Bill | 12/14/2015 | ||
| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Tampa Tribune, in an editorial published Friday, said a bill that would create a presumption of compensability for cancers contracted by firefighters and paramedics is a costly mandate that lawmakers in Tallahassee should not impose on local taxpayers. Firefighters already have a pres...Read More | |||
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Take Work Comp, Collective Bargaining Off Table, Deals Can Be Made: Madigan | 12/11/2015 | |
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| By: John Breslin (Eastern Bureau Chief) | |||
| State: IL | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
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| Transportation Company to Pay After Harassing and Firing Worker | 12/11/2015 | ||
| State: MO | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A transportation company employee, harassed and fired after reporting a workplace injury, is to be paid $332,469 in back pay and damages ater his employer was found to have violated federal law. RCL Wiring, operating as Idaho and Sedalia Transportation Company, was found to have wron...Read More | |||
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Task Force Recommends "Game Changer" Drug-Monitoring Program | 12/10/2015 | |
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| By: John Breslin (Eastern Bureau Chief) | |||
| State: MD | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Other | |||
| Maryland would set up one of the toughest drug monitoring programs in the country if ...Read More | |||
| Town Switches Comp Carrier from PERMA to Comp Alliance | 12/09/2015 | ||
| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| The town board of Marcellus, New York, last week voted to switch the town’s workers' compensation insurance provider from Public Employer Risk Management Association to Comp Alliance, the ...Read More | |||
| Testimony Exclusion Error Didn't Merit Reversal of Award | 12/09/2015 | ||
| By: Sherri Okamoto (Legal Reporter) | |||
| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that an error by the Workers' Compensation Board in excluding an employer's medical expert testimony did not require reversal of an award for a school teacher's hip injury. Case: Matter of Sparkes v. Holy Family Church, No...Read More | |||
