The Hanover Insurance Group Inc. on Thursday announced an expansion of its workers compensation program to gain insights into factors that may impact the treatment of an injured worker. The program leverages data and predictive analytics to examine the “psychological, social and economic factors that potentially creates barriers to recovery and return to work including …
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Members of Congress are calling on the United States Postal Service to implement more stringent workplace protections against heat exposure. In a Thursday letter to Postmaster General Louis DeJoy, 75 House Democrats urged the Postal Service to “immediately implement” the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s Heat Injury and Illness Prevention in Outdoor and Indoor …
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A class of plaintiffs suing chemical manufacturers over workplace toxic exposures should have been permitted to pursue their lawsuit because a statute of limitations should have been waived, the Nevada Supreme Court ruled in a precedential case Thursday. In Adkins v. Union Pacific Railroad Co., the Supreme Court said a trial court improperly dismissed the …
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A Pennsylvania appellate court on Wednesday refused a defense request for a new trial in a case that resulted in a $15.5 million award for a worker severely burned by electricity during tree removal work. The Pennsylvania Superior Court denied an appeal by Vito Braccia Construction LLC, which said it should have been immune from …
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The “It Ends With Us” cast drama ventured into workplace safety and workers compensation territory this week when celebrity news site TMZ reported that actor Justin Baldoni inquired of an on-the-set fitness trainer Blake Lively’s weight, as he was supposed to lift her to film a romantic scene. Ms. Lively, who allegedly quarreled with the …
The U.S. Department of Labor said Wednesday it has reached a settlement agreement with a Mississippi poultry processing plant following the death of a young worker in July 2023. A 16-year-old employee died after being caught inside a machine while cleaning the equipment at a plant in Hattiesburg, leading to a workplace safety investigation by …
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Concentra Inc. on Wednesday announced the launch of its behavioral health service available through Concentra Telemed, the company’s workers compensation telemedicine platform. The service aims to meet “the current demand of workers with mental health conditions related to a workplace event” and will offer access to in-house trained medical professionals who can address the psychological …
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The Wyoming Office of Administrative Hearings wrongly denied reimbursement for medical expert fees to injured workers in two separate cases, the Wyoming Supreme Court ruled Wednesday. The OAH contended that it lacked statutory authority under the state’s workers compensation law to order medical expert fee reimbursement in cases where a physician who conducts independent medical …
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A federal court in Greeneville, Tennessee, on Monday ordered a staffing agency to stop illegally placing children in dangerous jobs. The Department of Labor, which announced the consent judgment, said federal investigators had discovered “oppressive child labor at a Morristown (Tennessee) manufacturing facility that produces outdoor power equipment for major companies including John Deere, Toro …
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