Overexertion, slips and falls, and being struck by an object were the top three drivers of severe workers compensation claims between 2017 and 2021, according to a 2024 Injury Impact Report released Monday by Travelers Cos. Inc. Motor vehicle accidents and injuries stemming from caught-in or caught-between hazards were numbers four and five, respectively. The …
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Wisconsin employers are projected to pay 10.5% less in workers compensation insurance rates beginning in October, a move that is expected to save statewide businesses around $206 million in policy premiums over the coming year, the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development announced Wednesday. The department said the 2024 rate decrease, which was approved by the …
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A Maryland appellate court on Thursday vacated a $8.69 million jury award for a worker who suffered traumatic brain injury while working aboard a floating crane barge in December 2016. The Maryland Court of Special Appeals found that the plaintiffs award for Matthew McGeady was improper because a trial judge should have granted summary judgment …
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The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration said Thursday that it cited a Texas construction contractor over a fatal trench collapse in February. OSHA cited El Paso-based CMD Endeavors Inc. for one “willful” violation, one “serious” violation and two “repeat” violations related to its failures to provide adequate systems to prevent trench cave-ins. The agency …
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The employer of an injured construction worker may be facing financial penalties after he denied workers compensation benefits to the claimant, whom he claimed was an independent contractor, the Tennessee Court of Workers’ Compensation Claims ruled Thursday. Gregory Parke requested medical and temporary disability benefits for injuries he suffered while working for Michael Bergeron, owner …
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California written workers compensation premium for the first quarter of 2024 was 3% lower than the same quarter in 2023, although overall 2023 written premium was slightly higher than in 2022, according to a report released Wednesday by the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California. The report shows that the average charged rate in …
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The Intermediate West Virginia Court of Appeals on Tuesday ruled that the widow of a worker who died from mesothelioma was improperly denied fatal dependents’ benefits. The court determined that the state’s Workers’ Compensation Board of Review wrongly upheld a claim administrator’s order denying death benefits to Mildred Joyce Cantrell, whose husband, Spencer Thurman Cantrell, …
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The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday that a construction worker injured by a crane company employee may not have been subject to workers compensation exclusive remedy because of lingering questions over employment relationship. Jason Beckner was injured while helping to construct a home in Zionsville, Indiana, in November 2019 while employed by …
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Online retailer Amazon.com Inc. secured a win in Washington state after an industrial appeals judge vacated four workplace safety citations issued to the company between 2020 and 2021 over ergonomic hazards. In a decision announced Monday, Judge Stephen Pfeifer, of the Board of Industrial Insurance Appeals, ruled in Amazon’s favor in four consolidated appeals involving …
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