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FL AG Urges Congress to Support Benefits for Public Safety Officers, Families Affected by Work-Related PTSD
FL AG Urges Congress to Support Benefits for Public Safety Officers, Families Affected by Work-Related PTSD

Tallahassee, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) - Attorney General Ashley Moody is urging Congress to pass he Public Safety Officer Support Act of 2022. The legislation addresses gaps in support for public safety officers who suffer from post-traumatic […]
MO: Governor Joins Department of Labor to Host Annual Missouri Workers' Memorial Day Ceremony at Missouri Capitol
MO: Governor Joins Department of Labor to Host Annual Missouri Workers' Memorial Day Ceremony at Missouri Capitol

Jefferson City, MO (WorkersCompensation.com) - Governor Mike Parson joined the Missouri Department of Labor and Industrial Relations to host the annual Worker’s Memorial Day Ceremony at the Missouri State Capitol to honor the 116 individuals […]
OH: Licking County Business Owner to Pay Back BWC $100k
OH: Licking County Business Owner to Pay Back BWC $100k

Columbus, OH (WorkersCompensation.com) - Thomas Tomson was found guilty on one count of workers’ compensation fraud, a third-degree felony, and one count of workers’ compensation fraud, a fourth-degree felony, and must pay back $100,000 to […]
Sharp Uptick In Fatal On-The-Job Drug Overdoses in Kentucky Spurs Hazard Alert
Sharp Uptick In Fatal On-The-Job Drug Overdoses in Kentucky Spurs Hazard Alert

Lexington, KY — Responding to an “alarming trend” of drug overdose deaths in the workplace statewide over a recent 18-month period, the Kentucky Injury Prevention and Research Center recently issued a hazard alert. According to […]
Supreme Court to Resolve Employer's Liability for Take Home COVID
Supreme Court to Resolve Employer's Liability for Take Home COVID

Sacramento, CA - A California woman, 65 year old Corby Kuciemba, sued her husband’s employer because she believes he caught COVID at work and brought it home with him - ultimately infecting her also. He was […]
US Department of Labor, United Support & Memorial for Workplace Fatalities to Sign Alliance to Raise Awareness of Workplace Safety
US Department of Labor, United Support & Memorial for Workplace Fatalities to Sign Alliance to Raise Awareness of Workplace Safety

Lincoln, NE (WorkersCompensation.com) - Each day, 13 people die in work-related incidents in the U.S., on average. In 2020, about 5,000 workers died in the U.S. in work-related fatalities. Tens of thousands more die of […]
Workplace Fatality Investigation Finds Contractor Sent 2 Workers Back Into Austin Trench After Partial Collapse
Workplace Fatality Investigation Finds Contractor Sent 2 Workers Back Into Austin Trench After Partial Collapse

Austin, TX (WorkersCompensation.com) - After escaping from a partial trench collapse hours earlier, two workers employed by an Austin contractor to install a residential wastewater line were not as fortunate later on Oct. 23, 2021. […]
The Day My Husband Didn't Come Home from Work
The Day My Husband Didn't Come Home from Work

July 31, 2014, I received a knock on my door that forever changed the life of my family. I had just returned from a run on a gorgeous, sunny summer day. Two of my daughters […]