Workers' Compensation News
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Observers Ambivalent on DIR Legislative Proposal | 08/17/2016 | |
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| By: Greg Jones (Senior Editor) | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Department of Industrial Relations appears to have hit the target of a good compromise in that no one seems to be completely satisfied with its legislative proposal. ...Read More | |||
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OSHA Questions Medical Care Provided to Workers at Poultry Plant | 08/17/2016 | |
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| By: Elaine Goodman (medical/business reporter) | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Citing employers for workplace safety violations such as electrical hazards or dangerous machinery is commonplace for the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration. ...Read More | |||
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OSHA Cites Trailer Manufacturer for Amputation Hazards | 08/15/2016 | |
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| State: IL | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| An Illinois trailer manufacturer faces nearly $154,000 in fines for seven violations of exposing workers to injury risks from machine and welding hazards, OSHA says. ...Read More | |||
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OSHA Fines Roofer $125,000 for Exposing Workers to 45-Foot Falls | 08/10/2016 | |
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| State: MA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The federal workplace safety agency fined Dorchester-based contractor Roof Kings LLC nearly $125,000 for exposing workers to falls of up to 45 feet. ...Read More | |||
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Outcomes-Based Software Key to Harbor Health Systems' Quick Rise in MPN Management | 08/08/2016 | |
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| By: Emily Brill (Reporter) | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| In late 2010, an executive from a huge managed care network met with the founder of an Irvine-based health care software company to ask how he did it. ...Read More | |||
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Opt-Out Movement Finds a New Ally | 08/08/2016 | |
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| By: J. Todd Foster (Reporter) | |||
| State: IL | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| While opt out takes a battering in Oklahoma courts, it has gained a new ally 600 miles to the northeast after an Illinois free-market-oriented think tank added its voice of support to the movement. ...Read More | |||
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OSHA Says Mobile Home Parts Maker Exposed Workers to Amputations, Shocks | 08/04/2016 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A Texas manufacturer of mobile home trailer axles exposed workers to amputations and should pay nearly $55,000 in fines, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration says. ...Read More | |||
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OSHA Cites 'Serial' Offender for Fall That Killed Worker | 08/03/2016 | |
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| State: IL | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| A worker fell 22 feet to his death four months after the Occupational Safety and Health Administration cited his employer for failing to protect workers at the same Illinois job site, investigators said. ...Read More | |||
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Old Republic Net Income Holds Steady in Q2 | 07/29/2016 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Old Republic International Corp. has reported second-quarter net income of $101 million, a decrease of less than 1% from $102 million in the second quarter of 2015. ...Read More | |||
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OSHA Fines Auto Parts Maker, Staffing Firm for Numerous Violations | 07/26/2016 | |
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| State: AL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| An Alabama automobile parts manufacturer that exposed workers to amputations, being caught in machinery or hit by objects, an the staffing company that provided temporary workers to it, face a combined $106,020 in penalties after an inspection by the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administra...Read More | |||
