Sedgwick Claims Management Services Inc. on Monday named Leah Cooper global chief digital officer. Ms. Cooper, based in Chattanooga, Tennessee, will lead Sedgwick’s technology research and development efforts in the newly created role. She most recently served as managing director of global consumer technology and joined Sedgwick when it acquired Absentys LLC, a software developer …
The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration said Friday that it cited a Georgia chemical manufacturer following the June death of an employee who had only been on the job for two months. OSHA cited Cartersville-based Chemical Products Corp. for five serious violations following the accident in which the worker suffered fatal chemical and thermal …
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Employers in Washington state will pay around $65 more a year in workers compensation insurance for each full-time worker under a rate increase approved by state regulators. The Washington State Department of Labor & Industries announced Thursday that it adopted a 4.9% increase in the average workers comp premium rate, effective Jan. 1, 2024. Source …
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A New York appeals court ruled Thursday that an employee injured in a vehicle accident didn’t violate the state’s Workers’ Compensation Law by not disclosing a third-party settlement. The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York found that the state’s Workers’ Compensation Board erred in terminating comp benefits for Leonore Salvia, who was …
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The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration said Friday that it cited a Massachusetts concrete contractor after one of its workers was fatally injured in September. OSHA cited East Freetown-based John Oliveira & Sons Stamp Concrete Inc. for three willful, two serious and one other-than-serious violations and proposed $200,905 in penalties. The worker was instructed …
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The Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court Thursday reversed a decision to award workers compensation benefits to a tractor-trailer driver who said he suffered a psychological injury during a vehicle fire. The driver had filed a workers comp claim seeking benefits for a frostbite injury to one of his fingers as well as post-traumatic stress disorder stemming from …
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Poaching litigation continues to factor prominently in the news. Also of note: Willis Towers Watson forecasts rate increases across most commercial lines in 2024. Source link
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration continues to fail to protect warehouse workers from injuries and needs better protocols for addressing complaints regarding worker safety, according to the Department of Labor’s Office of Inspector General’s annual report to Congress. The report, released Thursday, calls on OSHA to develop “specific, measurable inspection goals” for programs that …
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Following the federal government’s approval of over-the-counter use of the lifesaving opioid antagonist naloxone, efforts are underway to encourage employers to keep it in workplace first-aid kits to help prevent employee overdoses. The campaign to do so, launched by the National Safety Council at its annual Congress & Expo in October and endorsed by organizations …
A truck driver who suffered leg burns and eventually a sepsis infection from spending long hours sitting atop an engine compartment was entitled to workers compensation benefits for his injuries, but the benefits should have been offset by income from his second job, a Pennsylvania appeals court ruled Thursday. The Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court determined that …
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