Workers Comp

The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration said Monday that it cited a Texas metal refinishing company over various respiratory health and safety hazards. OSHA cited Houston-based Outdoor Furniture Refinishing Inc., operating as Allied Powder Coating, for 39 “serious” violations and five “other-than-serious” violations and proposed $338,094 in penalties following a December 2023 workplace investigation. …

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Workers compensation insurers in Mississippi do not have the right to void a policy based on a material misrepresentation made by an employer, the Mississippi Supreme Court ruled Thursday. Answering a certified question from the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans, the state high court determined that policy rescission is not an …

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The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited an Ohio manufacturer over the death of an employee who was fatally burned by molten metal. OSHA cited Hubbard-based Ellwood Engineered Castings Co. for 11 “serious” violations and proposed $145,184 in penalties, the agency said Thursday. The worker was burned by the 2,000 degree molten metal …

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The second of two Business Insurance Break Out Awards events took place in New York on Tuesday, June 25, 2024. Honorees attended the event with colleagues and family. Source link

Eighty-three percent of employees agreed they were open to trying and using new safety technologies in the workplace yet “purchase cost remains a key barrier in adopting safety technologies,” according to a report released Thursday by the National Safety Council. The NSC has been analyzing trends in workplace hazards and safety technology implementation since 2020. …

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Willis Towers Watson continues to bolster its executive ranks with key hires from competitors. Source link

Costs for medical-legal evaluations and reports used to resolve medical disputes in California workplace injury claims have increased sharply, with the average payment for a comprehensive exam up 52%, the California Workers’ Compensation Institute reported Thursday. The analysis of costs after the state in 2021 initiated a new fee schedule for med-legal evaluations found that …

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Physician charges per procedure performed increased by 11% in workers compensation claims from 2020 through 2022, outpacing the Bureau of Labor and Statistics Consumer Price Index of 7% during that time, according to a pricing report released Wednesday by Enlyte LLC. Enlyte showed a more modest increase of 2% from 2022 to 2023 for medical …

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Lawmakers in New Jersey are considering a bill that would give doctors discretion over which health conditions qualify for medical marijuana use. S.B. 3484 would amend New Jersey’s 14-year-old medical marijuana law that lists more than a dozen conditions that qualify for medical marijuana use by adding the language “any other medical condition or disease …

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