Workers Comp

A Washington state company that was cited after a 16-year-old worker was catastrophically injured on a construction site in the summer of 2023 is now also facing child labor law violations in connection with the incident, the Washington State Department of Labor & Industries said Tuesday. The department said Vancouver-based Rotschy LLC has been issued …

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Medicare and other insurance programs apparently took a bath in a Tennessee podiatrist’s scheme of prescribing and dispensing medically unnecessary — and virtually useless — foot bath medications. Dr. Nathan Lucas, of Advanced Foot & Ankle Care of Memphis LLC, which includes two in-house pharmacies, was convicted Monday in the scheme that investigators say resulted …

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Kansas lawmakers are again considering legalizing medical marijuana after several years of failed legislation. S.B. 555, introduced Tuesday and referred to the Senate Committee on Federal and State Affairs, would under a pilot program authorize the state Secretary of Health and Environment “to enter into contracts for the limited cultivation, processing and distribution of medical …

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The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health on Monday released a guide for hospitals to improve health care worker well-being, providing a process for hospitals to start making organizational-level changes that aims to improve the mental health of health care workers. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control, health workers are facing “a …

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The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration on Monday said it cited an Oklahoma contractor after a worker suffered asphyxiation while trying to repair a water tank at a Purcell well site in September 2023. OSHA cited Pauls Valley-based C&M Roustabout Services LLC for 16 serious violations relating to numerous failures that contributed to the …

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The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration said Monday it cited a Texas contractor after an 18-year-old worker died in a trench collapse at a work site near Fulshear in September 2023. OSHA cited Houston-based Hurtado Construction Co. for one willful violation and five serious violations and proposed $257,811 in penalties after the worker died …

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A federal judge Friday dismissed a lawsuit brought by the California Trucking Association and the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association challenging California’s employment classification law. The association challenged Assembly Bill 5 on various grounds, including contending it violated the U.S. Commerce Clause and that it created “irrational or animus-based classifications for employment,” according to the ruling, …

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A New York appeals court overturned a decision granting summary judgment to the Long Island Power Authority and two other defendants in a case involving an electrical lineman who was injured during an explosion while working in an aerial bucket truck. William Wittenberg, who worked as a journeyman lineman for Haugland Energy Group LLC, sued …

Lawsuits over lineman’s injuries were prematurely dismissed: Court Read More »

Federal authorities have arrested and charged the owners of a Massachusetts roofing company with scheming to defraud their workers compensation insurers. Ronaldo and Adriana Solano, who operate Framingham-based H&R Roofing & Construction Inc. and H&R Roofing & Siding Corp., were indicted by a federal grand jury over allegations that they avoided more than $627,000 in …

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