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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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. […]
An Illinois roofing contractor – with a history of violating federal safety standards and ignoring safety citations – was cited again by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration for exposing workers to deadly […]
Washington, DC (WorkersCompensation.com) - The U.S. Department of Labor today announced a proposal to reconsider and revoke the final approval of Arizona’s State OSHA plan, in response to nearly a decade-long pattern of failures to […]
Sacramento, CA - Tashay Lenzy worked as a barista at a Ralphs grocery store in Los Angeles, California. In September 2016, she fell and injured her knee when she was struck by the door of a service […]
Washington, DC (WorkersCompensation.com) - The U.S. Department of Labor issued a policy bulletin announcing changes by its Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs to assist federal firefighters with certain occupational illnesses by making it easier for […]