Workers' Compensation News
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Unsupported Trenches Cited at Georgia Dig
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10/17/2005
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State: GA | Segment: Safety | 0
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Paramount Contracting was cited and served with $51,000 in proposed penalties for not reinforcing trenches at an Atlanta-area job site, according to federal inspectors.
The U.S. Labor Department's Occupational Safety and Health Administration visited the Alpharetta job site and issued one ...Read More
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U.S. Labor Dept. Revamping Web Site
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10/10/2005
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State: NA | Segment: Regulatory | 0
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The U.S. Department of Labor has launched the e-Judication Initiative, an effort that will create a "comprehensive citizen-focused information technology solution" at the Office of Administrative Law Judges and other divisions, the Labor Department said in a press release Friday.
The focus ...Read More
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Unlicensed Electrologist Gets Seven Years for Fraud
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10/06/2005
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State: NJ | Segment: Fraud | 0
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A New Jersey electrologist has been sentenced to state prison and ordered to pay restitution for attempting to bilk several New Jersey insurance companies out of more than $900,000 in reimbursement payments by billing common electrolysis as a medically necessary cosmetic procedure -- a procedure the...Read More
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Unsafe Crane Nets Steel Co. $159,200 in Citations
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10/05/2005
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State: MO | Segment: Safety | 0
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The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has issued citations to Industrial Steel Fabrication Inc. in Hazelwood, Mo., proposing penalties totaling $159,200 for alleged failure to protect workers from unsafe cranes and other hazards.
OSHA initiated an inspection of the steel fab...Read More
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Unveiling the Occult in Occupational Medicine, Oct 14
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10/05/2005
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State: NA | Segment: Events | 0
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Concentra Occupational Health
Research Institute ("COHRI"), a non-profit organization formed to promote
scientific research and education for the advancement of occupational
medicine, announced it will conduct a three-day continuing medical education
conference, "Unveiling the Occult in Occupati...Read More
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Utah Boosting License Fee for Captive Insurers
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10/03/2005
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State: UT | Segment: Regulatory | 0
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The Utah Department of Insurance is accepting comments until Oct. 17 on a proposed change to the rule that governs insurer fees.
The department proposes to increase the initial and annual license fees for captive insurers from $302 to $5,002. However, the electronic commerce fee for captive...Read More
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U.S. Senate Should Look to Texas, Rep Says
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09/29/2005
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State: TX | Segment: Medicine | 0
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The U.S. Senate should look at what Texas did to deal effectively with the wave of asbestos litigation being filed on behalf of thousands of people with no symptoms of exposure, says a Lone Star state lawmaker and attorney.
Texas state Rep. Joseph M. Nixon of District 133 offered the Texas...Read More
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URAC Sponsoring Medical Management Conference
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09/26/2005
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State: NA | Segment: Events | 0
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Medical management experts will gather in Scottsdale, Ariz. Oct. 26-28 for URAC's 6th Annual Quality Summit & Exhibit, to be held at the Westin Kierland Resort & Spa.
"The URAC Quality Summit is a unique forum for sharing innovative solutions and best practices in health care system safet...Read More
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Upstate N.Y. Pallet Company Mad at OSHA
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09/26/2005
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State: NY | Segment: Courts | 0
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An upstate New York pallet recycler is upset with the Occupational Health and Safety Administration and says he's going to sue.
Power Pallet Inc. owner Sam Donadio said last week that OSHA inspectors visited his plant before the company moved from Schenectady to Amsterdam. Citations and a p...Read More
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Unlicensed Contractors Snared in N. Calif.
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09/21/2005
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State: CA | Segment: Regulatory | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Investigators with the Contractors State License Board set up a two-day sting last week in Shasta County and caught nearly a dozen people posing as licensed contractors.
The CSLB's Statewide Investigative Fraud Team (SWIFT) issued 11 citations and identified a 12th man who is a possible re...Read More
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