An oil and gas waste company has been cited by the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration after a worker suffered fatal exposure to hydrogen sulfide in September 2022 while working near a sump pit in El Paso, Texas. OSHA on Wednesday said it cited Andrews, Texas-based Production Waste Solutions LLC for six serious violations …
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A marine cargo contractor has been cited by the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration following the September 2022 death of a worker crushed by two tons of cargo in Panama City, Florida. OSHA on Friday announced it cited Mobile, Alabama-based Premier Bulk Stevedoring LLC for one repeat violation and two serious violations after inspectors …
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A New Jersey-based insurance company has introduced an ergonomic risk assessment tool for customers that it says will help decrease workers compensation claims. The tool, developed by San Mateo, California-based TuMeke Ergonomics, is being made available to workers comp insurance policyholders of Branchville, New Jersey-based Selective Insurance Group Inc. The tool enables employers to use …
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Research released last month shows that food industry worker injury and fatality rates increased at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, triggering regulators to focus on historical problems in food production safety. While pandemic-related pressures on food manufacturing and distribution caused injury rates and fatalities to rise problems existed before COVID-19 hit, the authors of …
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A California appeals court ruled Monday that a trial judge was wrong to dismiss a wrongful death lawsuit against Del Monte Foods Inc. brought by the widow of a worker who was crushed while performing loading dock maintenance. The 5th District California Court of Appeals in Fresno, in Rafferty v. Del Monte Foods Inc., reversed …
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Montana’s largest state-run workers compensation insurer has announced a proposed average 5% rate reduction for policyholders. The Montana State Fund said Tuesday’s rate reduction announcement marks the 17th consecutive year that workers comp insurance rates would have either been lowered or remained steady, and that today’s rates are 56.4% lower than they were back in …
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(Reuters) — Shares of Uber Technologies and Lyft Inc. rose Tuesday after a California court ruled that drivers can be treated as independent contractors rather than employees, removing some future regulatory risks for the rideshare companies. Analysts expect the decision will likely be challenged before the California Supreme Court, which could take months to decide whether to accept the …
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A Nebraska company has been cited by the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration after a worker died while attempting to clean out a grain silo last summer. The 34-year-old employee was engulfed by corn and asphyxiated while trying to clean out the silo in Roseland, Nebraska, on Sept. 12, 2022. The company, CHS Inc., …
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Massachusetts lawmakers are considering a bill that would force workers compensation insurers and employers to reimburse for medical marijuana. H.B. 1949, introduced Feb. 16 but made public Tuesday, states that “reasonable and necessary service costs” under workers comp code “may include reimbursement for medical cannabis provided to injured employees who are qualifying patients” according to …
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New York lawmakers are considering legislation that would provide parameters for workers compensation claims and lawsuits stemming from workplace sexual assault. S.B. 5698, introduced on Monday and sent to the Labor Committee, states that injuries from a sexual offense would be compensable under workers comp and would allow “such employee to pursue any other remedies …
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