I have written many times on prepping for the federalization of Workers Comp. The Nixon Administration’s efforts to possibly make Workers Comp a federal insurance program was unknown to me at the time I wrote many of […]
Decatur, AL (WorkersCompensation.com) - Exposure to dangerous toxins at an Alabama chemical manufacturing plant – Daikin America Inc. – lead to the deaths of two workers and sickened another worker after the employer failed to […]
COVID is the most extensive occupational exposure event in the history of the United States. Workplaces are now primed for a massive wave of compensation claims due to the Omicron variant. A recent study provides […]
Reportedly, I’m of Greek heritage. I don’t speak Greek, and I don’t know the Greek alphabet. But if it has the same number of letters as the English alphabet, we’ve at least reached the fifteenth […]
The process of understanding and completing OSHA’s work-related injuries and illness forms 300, 300A, and 301 can confuse even the most seasoned safety professional. As this is an annual program it seems appropriate that we […]
The 2021 wildfire season was a slight improvement over the devastating 2020 season, which burned more than 10.1 million acres. As of early December, U.S. wildfires burned more than 7.6 million acres. The largest wildfire in […]
Denton, TX (WorkersCompensation.com) - VRC Investigations has acquired two top insurance defense investigations firms, Woodall and Broome and Prime Source Investigations, continuing the company’s drive to become the leading insurance investigations and anti-fraud firm in […]
Columbus, OH (WorkersCompensation.com) - Ohio’s public employers will pay nearly $17 million less in workers’ compensation insurance premiums next year to the Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation (BWC) thanks to a rate cut that went […]