Mass. Firm Illegally Fired Employee After She Collected Workers’ Comp, Court Finds November 30, 2018 By Elizabeth Blosfield A Massachusetts Appeals Court has ruled that Dielectrics, a Massachusetts-based medical device manufacturer, illegally fired Ileana Bermudez after she collected...
Tracking Construction Worker Safety a Group Effort November 26, 2018 By Denise Johnson Maintaining the safety of workers on a six-story job that spans 60,000 square feet is a daunting task, and a...
Hawaii Panda Express Worker Sustains Burns After Explosion November 8, 2018 An employee at a Hawaii Panda Express was taken to the hospital for burn injuries following a suspected gas explosion...
Injury Rates Spike at Coal Giant’s West Virginia Mines October 31, 2018 By Richard Valdmanis and Valerie Volcovici Injury rates have more than doubled at five West Virginia coal mines acquired by Murray Energy Corp. in 2013, according...
Families Want Justice in Oilfield Workplace Lawsuits October 25, 2018 By JESSICA HOLDMAN, The Bismarck Tribune Brenda Austin was worried when her son, Casey, told her he planned to work in North Dakota’s Bakken oilfield in...
Lockton: Higher Costs Associated With Denied Workers’ Comp Claims October 24, 2018 Workers’ compensation claim denial rates increased a little over one percent between 2014 and 2017, according to a white paper...
New Mexico Appeals Court Says Employee Owed Workers’ Comp October 22, 2018 An employee that tripped and fell at work is owed workers’ compensation benefits despite his employer’s argument that the accident...
California Train Agency Fined $650,000 for Worker Deaths October 16, 2018 By PAUL ELIAS Regulators fined the San Francisco Bay Area’s transit agency $650,000 on Thursday for safety failures that led a commuter train...
Kansas Workers’ Comp Rates Decline for 5th Straight Year October 12, 2018 For the fifth consecutive year, many Kansas business owners will pay less for workers’ compensation insurance again in 2019, according...
NCCI: ACA Had No Major Impact on Monday Workers’ Comp Claims October 1, 2018 By Denise Johnson A new research brief released by the National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI) examines Monday claims –claims of worker injuries...