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OH - Two Plead Guilty to Working While Collecting Injury Benefits

09/25/2018 | 25 | 0 | 22 min read

Just a few weeks after claiming he was injured in 2016 while working at a restaurant, a Cleveland-area man went back to work. Now, he must pay some $4,000 in restitution and a $500 fine after pleading guilty last week to workers' compensation fraud. Anthony Caputo, 67, worked for four different employers while collecting benefits and never reported his employment, officials with the Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation said in a news release. Most recently, investigators, acting on a tip, observed Caputo working as a valet at a hospital. “In fact, we found he went ba... Read More

ID - Industrial Commission Posts Opioid Presentation

09/25/2018 | 20 | 0

The Idaho Industrial Commission posted to its website a slideshow and audit recording from a presentation about medication-assisted treatment for opioid addiction in the workers’ compensation system. The session focuses on the scope of the opioid overuse epidemic, definitions of opioid use disorder, addiction and recovery, and evidence-based treatments for opioid use disorder. It also included a discussion about opioid agonists methadone and buprenorphine. Audio from the hour-long presentation is available here. Slides are here. ... Read More

TX - Division Announces 2.7% Increase in Maximum Benefit Rate

09/25/2018 | 14 | 0

The Texas Division of Workers’ Compensation announced that the maximum workers’ compensation benefit will increase, by 2.7%, to $938 for dates of injury from Oct. 1 through Sept. 30, 2019. The maximum rate is set at the state average weekly wage, rounded to the nearest dollar. The current rate is $913. The division set the minimum rate at $141, up from $137. The division also set the discount rate, which is used to calculate lump-sum benefit awards to account for the present value of the money. The rate is set at 6.06% from Oct. 1 to Dec. 31. The rate is set at the treasur... Read More

KY - OSHA Training in Louisville Oct. 22-26

09/24/2018 | 133 | 0 | 58 min read

Kentucky's state-run workplace safety agency will offer another round of free training Oct. 22-26, this time in Louisville. The free training for employers and employees will run all week and will cover hazard communication, electrical safety, injury record-keeping, excavation and trenching, spray paint safety, fire protection, confined spaces, and wages and hours. The classes will be at the University of Louisville Shelby Campus, Founders Union Building, Room 6, in Louisville, and will start at 8:30 a.m. each day. Most classes qualify for continuing education credit for plumbing, and h... Read More

RI - Bug-Sniffing Dogs to Check for Bedbugs at WC Court

09/24/2018 | 113 | 0 | 42 min read

Courthouse officials agreed to bring in bug-sniffing dogs to find bedbugs that have brought numerous complaints from workers. After a meeting with employees Thursday, administrators at the Garrahy Judicial Complex in Rhode Island, home to the Workers' Compensation and other courts, said dogs were to be brought in Saturday, according to the Providence Journal newspaper. Union leaders and others have said the complex should be closed and treated for the insects after people complained of seeing the itch-inducing bugs on several floors. But a court administrator said that a pest contro... Read More

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