The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation Friday announced an average 3.9% workers compensation rate reduction for public employers in the state, amounting to $8 million less in premiums in 2024. The BWC attributed the average drop to declining injury claims from counties, cities, public schools, and other public taxing districts, as well as relatively low …
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A federal appellate court Wednesday affirmed the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s constitutional authority to set workplace safety standards. In a decision Wednesday affirming a district court ruling, the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati ruled that the Occupational Safety and Health Act passes constitutional muster and that OSHA is within its …
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Workplace fines totaling $208,983 for a small Alaskan seafood company will stand, as the owner did not cooperate with the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration, an administrative law judge ruled Tuesday. East West Seafoods LLC of Kodiak, Alaska, received a total of 22 serious, two repeat and one other-than-serious violations after OSHA inspectors found …
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The Montana Workers’ Compensation Court Tuesday ruled against an insurer that terminated an injured employee’s comp benefits over a refusal to attend an appointment with a designated occupational medicine physician. The court said Victory Insurance Co. improperly stopped benefits for Phyllis Russell, who claimed that the insurer didn’t have the right to designate a new …
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The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration on Tuesday announced it cited a Terrell, Texas-based manufacturing company after a worker had three of his fingers amputated while troubleshooting an unguarded tube saw. OSHA said it cited Madix Inc. for two repeat violations, three serious violations and three other-than-serious violations after the March workplace injury at …
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The Delaware Supreme Court on Thursday reversed a trial judge’s decision that found ongoing narcotics treatment for an injured construction worker was proper. The high court determined a Superior Court judge wrongly reversed an Industrial Accident Board decision regarding the reasonableness of narcotics treatment for Raymond Nieves, who sustained a back injury in July …
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A Missouri appellate court on Tuesday reversed a decision by the state’s Labor and Industrial Relations Commission that found a construction worker failed to establish he was entitled to receive benefits from the state’s Second Injury Fund. The Court of Appeals of Missouri ruled the commission was wrong to deny Larry Obermann’s claim for benefits …
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In an agreement that follows years of citations over blocked safety exits and other unsafe conditions in Dollar Tree and Family Dollar stores across the country, the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration Thursday announced a corporatewide settlement that calls for the company to improve conditions and pay $1.35 million in penalties. Dollar Tree Inc., …
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Following an incident in which a clerk was told to clean up spilled blood from an injured customer, Rite Aid Corp. must now implement a safety program to better protect employees against hazards related to bloodborne pathogens at its 370 stores in New Jersey and New York. The move is in accordance with an agreement …
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The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited a San Antonio, Texas, wire drawing company after a worker suffered a fatal fall from a forklift in February. OSHA on Monday announced it cited WMC San Antonio LLC after inspectors learned the company allowed employees to ride atop an unsecured, site-made forklift attachment while moving wire-mesh …
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