workers compensation injury News

How Employer Finances Affect Workplace Safety

More than 3.5 million workplace injuries and illnesses occur each year in the United States, costing an estimated $250 billion annually. A new study from the University of Texas at Dallas examined how financing constraints impact workplace safety and the …

Washington Construction Worker Charged With Workers’ Comp Fraud After Double Dipping

A former Tri-Cities construction worker who said an on-the-job injury made him too disabled to work now faces a felony theft charge. The Washington Attorney General’s Office has charged Richard Robson Trott, 47, with first-degree theft of workers’ compensation benefits. …