A Stafford, Texas-based engine component manufacturer faces $298,250 in fines for failing to abate hazards that caused an employee’s finger amputation in March 2022, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration said Thursday. OSHA inspectors returned to Air Starter Components Inc. in March 2023 as part of a follow-up investigation to the incident in which a worker’s …
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The U.S. Department of Labor on Tuesday announced a notice of proposed rulemaking to revise regulations regarding who can be authorized as representative for employees to be present during on-site Occupational Safety and Health Administration inspections. The proposed rule clarifies that employees may authorize an employee or a non-employee if the OSHA compliance officer determines “the third …
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The Ohio Supreme Court in a 4-3 decision Tuesday denied permanent disability to a warehouse worker who injured her back in 2013 and later had unsuccessful spine surgery. Donna Kidd applied for permanent total disability in 2018, saying she used a back brace and could not sit nor stand for long without experiencing pain, according …
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As attacks on health care workers become increasingly more common, workplace safety experts are calling on regulators and employers to better protect those caring for patients. Incidents spiked during the COVID-19 pandemic amid understaffed medical facilities, increased substance abuse and an overall lack of mental health services, experts say. And although the issue is on …
Longer work hours, higher demands and understaffing have made stress and burnout risk factors for employers, and experts say such mental health issues may be making workplaces less safe. “When there’s pressure for production … and things have to get done because there’s a deadline, people may cut corners on safety,” said Paul Landsbergis, an …
Over the past few years, employee wellbeing has moved from being a consideration to an expectation in the workplace. Discussions have grown to encompass everything from physical to mental health, and businesses have been tasked with meeting evolving employee needs across this spectrum. As companies evaluate what this means for their benefits programs, workplace offerings …
Workers are increasingly reporting feeling stressed at work, which is a problem for employers in terms of how they provide relief for them but also in how they respond to workers compensation claims that allege workplace pressures significantly contributed to or caused an illness or injury. Work-related anxiety is not new and comes in many …
Emerge Diagnostics EFA Wellness Entering the wellness sector was a natural progression for Emerge Diagnostics Inc. The Carlsbad, California-based company, which in 2011 began offering electrodiagnostic functional assessment, or EFA, tests to diagnose and identify the location, extent, nature and age of soft tissue injuries, saw an opportunity to use its resources to try to …
Milliman Nodal Medical Benchmarking For Workers Compensation Realizing the potential benefit of comparing treatment costs in workers compensation to the group health setting spurred Milliman Inc. to launch its Nodal Medical Benchmarking for Workers Compensation program. The product enables Milliman to measure the performance of providers in the comp sector against those treating similarly injured …
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More workers at new jobs will likely cause a slight uptick in workers compensation claims frequency, and higher wages are affecting indemnity payments, according to an economic impact report released Thursday by the Workers’ Compensation Research Institute. Researchers with the Cambridge, Massachusetts-based institute compared claims data from 2016 to 2021 against recent economic trends, including …
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