The 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Tuesday denied a coal company’s appeal challenging workers compensation benefits awarded to an injured miner. Ronald Fossat, who has since died, filed for black lung benefits in 2013 and was awarded benefits in 2021 after a years-long administrative review process, according to the ruling. His former employer, Sunnyside …
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DENVER — Addressing workplace mental health challenges is the missing link in many employers’ plans to tackle the physical hazards that could lead to injuries and prolonged workers compensation claims, according to a panel of health and safety experts who discussed the current state of so-called psychosocial hazards. Among the panelists who spoke last week …
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A law passed last year that allows injured workers to audio and video record independent medical exams is unconstitutional because a section of the law prohibits workers from posting the IME recordings to social media, the Court of Appeals of Washington ruled Monday. The appeals court sided with 10 injured workers who sued the state …
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The U.S. Department of Labor on Monday announced that it won a permanent injunction in federal court in a case alleging that an employee of an eye doctor practice was illegally fired for raising workplace COVID-19 safety concerns. The DOL had filed suit in March 2022 against ophthalmologist David Kwiat and his practice, Amsterdam, New …
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The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration said Monday that it cited an Illinois carpentry contractor for failing to address fall hazards. OSHA cited Palos Park, Illinois-based Dromin Development LLC for two “repeat” violations, one “willful” violation, one “serious” violation and one “other-than-serious” violation and proposed $268,309 in penalties for failing to provide safety equipment …
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The family of a worker who was electrocuted at a Tesla Inc. factory in Austin, Texas, earlier this month has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the electric vehicle manufacturer. The estate of Victor Gomez Sr. claims that Tesla’s negligence caused the workplace death, which occurred on Aug. 1 at the construction site of Tesla’s …
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The National Council on Compensation Insurance has filed a proposed workers compensation loss cost decrease of 9.1% effective January 2025 for West Virginia. The proposed premium reduction is expected to result in a projected $15 million in savings for West Virginia employers, according to the office of Gov. Jim Justice, which announced the news on …
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The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration said Friday that it has hit global shoe manufacturer Addidas America Inc. with additional penalties for failing to correct earlier identified fall hazards at one of its manufacturing facilities. OSHA proposed new penalties of $396,377 after a January inspection at the company’s Chester, New York, facility found that …
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DENVER — From smaller risks faced by those working in retail outlets to those risks experienced in construction, warehousing and food-processing enterprises, among the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s priorities are repeat safety noncompliance and encouraging workers to speak out. Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health Doug Parker spoke Friday at Safety ’24, …
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DENVER — Most workplace fatalities have similar core elements that employers in high-risk industries can study to prevent similar disasters, according to industrial safety experts. A push to study root causes of workplace fatalities grew out of a deadly methane gas explosion in 2023 in a coal mine in Kazakhstan, operated by ArcelorMittal S.A., a …
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