The BI Top 10: Week of April 17, 2023
Litigation figures prominently in this week’s Top 10. Also of note: First-quarter earnings reports have started rolling in. Source link
Workers Comp
Home Depot dog bite case should have been comp exclusive: State high court
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court reversed a lower appeals court ruling that denied a bid by The Home Depot Inc. to dismiss a lawsuit initiated by an employee bitten by a customer’s dog on the basis that the matter should fall under the exclusive jurisdiction of workers compensation. The plaintiff, Lindsay Franczyk, filed for comp benefits …
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Dismissal of suit by injured ironworker improper: Appeals court
The California Court of Appeals Thursday reversed a trial court’s granting of summary judgment to a general contractor being sued by an injured ironworker who was hurt while working on a construction project at Stanford University. The court ruled a lower judge wrongly dismissed a suit against Devcon Construction Inc. initiated by Jose Hernandez, who …
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Property, auto rate hikes accelerate in first quarter
Commercial insurance rates increased again in nearly all lines in the first quarter, with property renewals seeing the biggest hikes, according to Ivans Insurance Services. Average commercial property insurance renewal rates increased 8.9%, accelerating from 8% in the fourth quarter of 2022, the Tampa, Florida-based insurance exchange reported. Commercial auto rates also accelerated, increasing to …
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Mississippi farm cited in teen worker’s grain bin suffocation
The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration has proposed $90,182 in fines against a Mississippi farm following the October 2022 death of a South African teenage worker who suffocated inside a grain bin. OSHA on Tuesday announced it cited Greenwood-based Bare Bones Farms for willfully violating federal law by failing to ensure workers wore full …
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Cal/OSHA targets companies after workers die in confined spaces
The California Division of Occupational Safety and Health on Thursday announced that it was fining an equipment company and referring a construction company for criminal charges following two separate cases of worker deaths related to confined spaces. Meeder Equipment Co. of Rancho Cucamonga, California, and its successors were cited a combined $272,250 for serious safety …
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California COVID-19 comp claims surged in late 2022
California COVID-19 workers compensation claims more than doubled in the latter part of 2022, but the surge paled in comparison with the prior two years, according to new data released Tuesday by the California Workers’ Compensation Institute. The findings show that after falling to 1,553 COVID-19 claims in October, the second lowest total for all …
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Citations vacated in fatal concrete wall collapse
The Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission vacated two citations against a Florida demolition contractor that were issued following the September 2020 death of a worker crushed by a concrete wall. In a March decision publicized Tuesday, the commission ruled the Occupational Safety and Health Administration failed to prove Wildcat Renovation LLC was noncompliant with …
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Lawmakers introduce workplace violence bill
Lawmakers are considering a bill that would prompt the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration to create a workplace safety standard addressing violence experienced by those working in health care and social services. H.R. 1195, dubbed the Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social Service Workers Act and introduced Tuesday, would require employers within …
Regulators, lawmakers push workplace heat standards
As summer approaches, workplace safety agencies and state lawmakers are seeking to formulate standards to protect workers from heat-related dangers on the job. Rising global temperatures, longer and more frequent heatwaves and increased heat-related workers compensation claims are driving advocates to push for more detailed and uniform standards addressing heat illness and injury in the …
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