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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 […]
CA WCIRB Governing Committee Authorizes September 1, 2022 Pure Premium Rate Filing
CA WCIRB Governing Committee Authorizes September 1, 2022 Pure Premium Rate Filing

Sacramento, CA - (WorkersCompensation.com) -The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California (WCIRB) Governing Committee voted to authorize the WCIRB to submit a September 1, 2022 Pure Premium Rate Filing to the California Insurance Commissioner. […]