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Travelers Injury Impact Report Shows More Than One-Third of Workplace Injuries Occur during the First Year on the Job
Travelers Injury Impact Report Shows More Than One-Third of Workplace Injuries Occur during the First Year on the Job

Hartford, CT (WorkersCompensation.com) - The Travelers Companies, Inc. (NYSE: TRV), the country’s largest workers compensation insurer, today released its 2022 Injury Impact Report. The study analyzed more than 1.5 million workers compensation claims over a […]
Discovering the Better Angels of our Nature: A Brief Look at Discovery Motions
Discovering the Better Angels of our Nature: A Brief Look at Discovery Motions

Some may recall that I admire the wisdom of Abraham Lincoln. I cited some of that wisdom in an earlier post regarding attorney’s fees. Beyond fees, Lincoln’s visionary insights into other matters ring as true today […]
Quick Updates
Quick Updates

Quick as in this won’t take up much of your time, and “‘quick” as in how fast NCCI has published useful data. NCCI’s Medical Indicators and Trends dashboard has been updated to include data up to […]
Today's Top Workers' Comp Tech Trends: Improving Efficiency, Communication and Return to Work
Today's Top Workers' Comp Tech Trends: Improving Efficiency, Communication and Return to Work

Technology has helped many industries survive the COVID-19 pandemic, and workers’ compensation is no exception. From spikes in telemedicine use to transitioning to virtual work environments, the industry was forced to digitize quicker than ever […]
NCCI Annual Issues Symposium – Leading Workers Compensation Conference Returns to Orlando on May 9
NCCI Annual Issues Symposium – Leading Workers Compensation Conference Returns to Orlando on May 9

Boca Raton, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) - The leading conference in the workers compensation industry begins next Monday, May 9, with the opening of the National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI) Annual Issues Symposium (AIS). Nearly 900 […]
Long-Term Workplace Safety Culture Continues to Build in Nova Scotia
Long-Term Workplace Safety Culture Continues to Build in Nova Scotia

Halifax, NS (WorkersCompensation.com) - Nova Scotians spent less time off the job due to workplace injury in 2021 than the year before, but getting hurt at work still takes far too great a toll, accounting […]
Worker Suffers Arm Amputation from Brick Crushing Machine with Previously Identified Defect, Employer Failed to Repair Deficiency
Worker Suffers Arm Amputation from Brick Crushing Machine with Previously Identified Defect, Employer Failed to Repair Deficiency

Clairton, PA (WorkersCompensation.com) - A Pennsylvania manufacturer’s failure to provide guarding on a brick crushing machine ended in a 53-year-old worker suffering an arm amputation while operating the machine. A subsequent federal investigation at TYK […]
It’s COMPlicated – The Importance of Choices
It’s COMPlicated – The Importance of Choices

Comments from last week illustrated the substantial difference that the choices about physicians can make in workers’ compensation. This point was also made in a presentation at the recent IAIABC Forum.  Dr. James Talmage, a well-known […]