The Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission ruled Thursday that a judge erred when she affirmed a workplace citation and fine issued to the owner of a Colorado psychiatric hospital. The commission set aside the decision by former Administrative Law Judge Peggy S. Ball, who had affirmed the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s citation and …
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A Pennsylvania man injured while trying to break up a fight at a state juvenile detention center where he worked is not entitled to reimbursement for workers compensation litigation costs, a state appeals court ruled Tuesday. A three-judge panel of the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court ruled Tuesday in Jeffrey Chamberlin v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Workers’ Compensation …
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Sixty percent of so-called cumulative trauma workers compensation claims involve injuries that progress over time and are indemnity-only, thus involving no medical component, according to a report released Thursday by the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California. Overall, 77% of indemnity cumulative trauma claims involving more than $1,000 in expenses attributed to settling and …
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Lawmakers in South Carolina are now considering a fourth piece of legislation addressing post-traumatic stress disorder for first responders; three have already been pre-filed for the 2023 legislative season. H.B. 3272, filed Thursday and sent to the House Labor, Commerce and Industry Committee, provides requirements for a first responder to file a workers compensation claim …
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The Occupational Safety and Health Administration on Thursday submitted its draft of a permanent COVID-19 standard for health care workers, an agency spokeswoman said. The draft, which was filed with the Office of Management and Budget’s Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, is not yet available to the public. OSHA had promised the draft since …
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The federal Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission has vacated a citation issued to a company after a worker fell 105 feet to his death from a crane platform while performing upgrades to a communications tower in Georgia. The commission found that the Occupational Safety and Health Administration failed to prove all elements necessary to …
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While cuts, falls and strains make up a large portion of workers compensation claims among restaurants, injuries from a worker’s extremities being crushed, and injuries related to mental stress and fainting are on the rise post-2020, according to an analysis published Wednesday by AmTrust Financial Services Inc. In studying injuries post-pandemic, comparing 2021 with 2019 …
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The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited an Arkansas contractor and fined it $287,150 after two workers died from oxygen deprivation after venturing into a sewer at a job site near Oklahoma City. OSHA said Wednesday that Texarkana, Arkansas-based Belt Construction Inc. did not perform appropriate safety testing prior to an employee climbing into …
A bill to expand the presumption of compensability for several types of cancers in certain first responders has been introduced in the Virginia General Assembly. H.B. 1408, introduced Tuesday, would expand the presumption for certain emergency responders who have completed five years of service in their position and have been diagnosed with melanoma, non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, …
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