Workers Comp

The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration Monday announced a new workplace safety citation against a framing contractor that is already in debt collection for $117,843 in previous penalties. OSHA cited Justice, Illinois-based KW Framing Inc. for one “repeat” violation and two “willful” violations after inspectors in January and May found workers exposed to fall …

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The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration said Monday that it cited two Idaho companies following an airport hangar collapse in January that killed three workers and injured at least eight others. The agency cited Meridian-based Big D Builders Inc. for one “willful” violation and three “serious” violations, and proposed $198,586 in penalties, after the …

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Business Insurance on Monday named the 2024 winners of its annual Women to Watch awards program. The program, which began in 2006, recognizes women leaders doing outstanding work in risk management and commercial insurance. From the beginning, the program has recognized winners working around the globe, and in 2017 the publication expanded the awards to …

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A trial judge wrongly found that litigation against Gannett Co. Inc. filed by three plaintiffs who claim they were sexually abused as children by a supervisor while newspaper carriers in the 1980s belonged before a workers compensation panel and not in civil court, a New York appeals court ruled Friday. The New York Supreme Court, …

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Global marine cargo services company Maersk Line Ltd. agreed to change its safety reporting policy as part of a settlement with the U.S. Department of Labor following the firing of a seaman who raised workplace safety concerns. The settlement, which the DOL announced Friday, came after a three-day hearing in Boston in June during which …

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Maryland occupational safety regulators are finalizing a proposed standard that would establish minimum requirements for employers to protect workers from heat.  The Maryland Occupational Safety and Health standard, currently in draft form, would mandate that workers be given shade access, rest and water breaks and require employers to monitor new employees during a weather acclimatization …

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A crane oiler seriously injured by an electric shock is barred from suing a cell tower owner because the company was his “statutory employer,” the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Wednesday. The appellate court said a trial judge correctly ruled that SAC Wireless LLC was Antonio Hall’s statutory employer under Georgia’s Workers’ Compensation …

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The insurance implications from last week’s CrowdStrike outage generated significant reader interest. Also of note: a jury award for USI in a poaching dispute with Lockton. Source link

(Reuters) — The California Supreme Court Thursday upheld a measure approved by voters allowing app-based services such as Uber and Lyft to consider drivers independent contractors rather than employees entitled to greater benefits. The ruling is a major victory for the ride-hailing industry, which has said that many companies would end or limit service in …

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A Federal Express Corp. employee who says she suffered cumulative trauma from years of physically demanding work is not entitled to medical and disability workers compensation benefits because she never gave proper notice of her injuries to her employer, the Tennessee Court of Workers’ Compensation Claims ruled Wednesday. The court denied the petition for workers …

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