Workers Comp

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OSHA fines U.S. Postal Service for violations at Tennessee facilities

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration said Wednesday the U.S. Postal Service exposed workers to struck-by, electrical, crushing, fire and other health hazards at three of its facilities in Tennessee and issued $350,136 in fines.  OSHA also issued a written notice to the Postal Service for having a safety incentive program that awards workers for …

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Ohio companies cited after workers injured in explosions

A manufacturing company was cited by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration after a plant supervisor suffered third-degree burns during a steam explosion this summer in Ohio. OSHA said it issued a citation for one willful violation and three serious safety violations to Waterford, Ohio-based Globe Metallurgical Inc. after a July 10 workplace incident this …

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Comp bill seeks to add notification requirements for medication discontinuance

Employers and insurers who wish to discontinue or reduce medications prescribed to an injured worker would have to follow notification protocols under a bill filed in Connecticut on Thursday. H.B. 6550 states that “if an employer, any insurer acting on behalf of the employer or any other entity acting on behalf of the employer proposes …

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Codeine prescriptions fall in legal cannabis states: Study

Prescriptions for the painkilling opioid codeine have decreased in states that have legalized marijuana, according to a study published in the research journal Health Economics. The study, published on Jan. 18 by researchers from Cornell University, George Mason University, the University of Georgia and the University of Pittsburgh, drew on data analyzing opioid shipments from …

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Maryland to consider PTSD presumption

Maryland lawmakers on Tuesday jumped on the trend of expanding workers compensation benefits to first responders diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder. H.B. 337, which was sent to the House Economic Matters Committee, states that a first responder who is diagnosed by a licensed psychologist or psychiatrist with post-traumatic stress disorder would be “presumed under certain …

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Lawmakers introduce COVID-19 Injured Workers’ Protection Act

Proposed legislation filed in New York on Wednesday would create a COVID-19 presumption in workers compensation death benefits cases and also amend current comp law concerning temporary benefits.   Assembly Bill 2145, also known as the COVID-19 Injured Workers’ Protection Act, would establish a COVID-19 presumption for public employee death benefits in cases where employees …

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