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Workplace-related mental injuries have been a top focus of legislation introduced this year that would affect workers compensation laws, according to a report released Wednesday by the National Council on Compensation Insurance. As of July 31, Boca Raton, Florida-based NCCI tracked 809 state and federal bills that could impact workers compensation, with 143 enacted. Ten …
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The number of injured workers using topical medications rose 10.3% in 2022, according to a drug trends report released Wednesday by Enlyte LLC. The increase was in line with a four-year trend of gradual increases in doctors prescribing topical creams and agents to workers, mostly for pain, according to the report, which was based on …
Increasing school violence across the country raises questions about whether educators who are injured and eligible for workers compensation can sue their employers. And a suit filed by a teacher at a school in Virginia earlier this year seeks damages outside of the comp system for her injuries. The American Psychological Association says that violent …
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A Fostoria, Ohio-based vinyl tile manufacturer listed in the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s Severe Violator Enforcement Program faces $545,853 in new workplace safety fines following a February incident that led to an amputation. Nox US LLC, a subsidiary of Seoul, South Korea-based Nox Corp., is accused of not having required safety guards in place …
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An administrative law judge with the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission on Friday affirmed a serious fall-protection citation against a Rochester, New York, roofing company that failed to adequately warn employees of conditions that led to a worker being seriously injured in a fall. The $8,848 fine issued to Elmer W. Davis Inc. stands …
Editors’ note: As workers compensation watchdogs, we have so many questions here. Nobody will argue that keeping employees healthy isn’t a good thing, but paying workers to exercise is a trend worth noting. As documented in a CNBC.com article, Tampa, Florida-based meal-prep company Nutrition Solutions is giving its staff paid time to work out on …
A Pennsylvania appellate court upheld a Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board decision affirming a comp judge’s ruling granting benefits to a former Philadelphia special education teacher who was injured after being struck by a student in her abdomen while she was pregnant. The Commonwealth Court Tuesday ruled the comp judge and board correctly applied a physical/mental …
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The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration announced Thursday that it cited a Texas construction company after a worker died in a crane collapse in March. OSHA cited Farmersville-based S&D Erectors Inc. for four willful violations and proposed $262,977 in penalties in connection with the death of the mobile crane operator at a work site …
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