An injured worker should have been permitted to move forward with his third-party negligence lawsuit stemming from a workplace vehicle accident because it was not barred by a workers compensation settlement, a Georgia appellate court ruled Tuesday. The Georgia Court of Appeals said a trial court wrongly granted summary judgment to the defendants in a …
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A West Virginia appellate court said Monday that a Wyoming County Commission employee was improperly denied workers compensation benefits for work-related injuries because the decision failed to take into account Social Security Disability benefits the claimant was already receiving for the same injuries. The Intermediate Court of Appeals of West Virginia vacated a Workers’ Compensation …
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The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration said Tuesday that it cited a Georgia sawmill after a worker was killed while attempting to clear a log jam in a woodchipper. OSHA cited Hazlehurst-based Thompson Hardwoods Inc. for one “willful” violation and proposed $267,327 in penalties for the December 2023 incident in which the woodchipper inadvertently …
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration said Tuesday that an investigation found a U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs medical center in Arizona failed to protect health care workers against patient violence. OSHA said the Northern Arizona VA Healthcare System’s Bob Stump VA Medical Center in Prescott exposed nurses, nursing assistants and housekeeping staff to patient …
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Hawaii firefighters diagnosed with certain types of female cancers are presumed to have contracted the diseases on the job under a newly signed revision to the state’s workers compensation law. Gov. Josh Green on Thursday signed House Bill 1889, now known as Act 101. The law creates a workers comp presumption for female firefighters diagnosed …
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(Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Tuesday to hear a challenge by an Ohio company to the power of the federal workplace safety regulator as the justices avoided another legal effort to pare back the authority of federal agencies. The justices turned away an appeal by Allstates Refractory Contractors after a lower court threw out the industrial furnace servicing company’s lawsuit against the Occupational Safety and …
Gallagher Bassett Services Inc., the claims and risk management subsidiary of Rolling Meadows, Illinois-based Arthur J. Gallagher & Co., said Tuesday that it has acquired claims management company NetClaim from Lake Oswego, Oregon-based Navex Global Inc. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. NetClaim, which provides first notice of loss and first report of injury …
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Injured workers in Washington are expected to see a 5.9% increase in their time-loss and pension payments under the state’s workers compensation system beginning this month, the Washington State Department of Labor & Industries announced Monday. The benefits increase will only apply to employees collecting workers compensation for injuries that occurred on or before July …
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration on Tuesday announced it is issuing a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for a Heat Injury and Illness Prevention standard addressing the safety needs of those working in outdoor and indoor settings. OSHA said the standard would require employers to create a plan to evaluate and control heat hazards that …