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US Department of Labor, National Safety Council Nebraska Chapter sign alliance to train employers, workers on common hazards
US Department of Labor, National Safety Council Nebraska Chapter sign alliance to train employers, workers on common hazards

Washington,DC (WorkersCompensation.com) - OSHA Omaha Area Director Matt Thurlby and National Safety Council Nebraska Chapter President Eric Koeppe signed an alliance to train employers and workers on common hazards for workers in general industry, and […]
LA business owner and conspirator sentenced in $54 million workers’ compensation insurance scheme
LA business owner and conspirator sentenced in $54 million workers’ compensation insurance scheme

Los Angeles,CA (WorkersCompensation.com) - Wesley Owens, 54, of Atlanta, Georgia, and Beau Wilson, 38, also of Atlanta, pleaded no contest to multiple felony counts of insurance fraud and conspiracy in Department 50 of the Los […]
WorkCompCollege.com Announces New Planned Educational Services
WorkCompCollege.com Announces New Planned Educational Services

Lakewood Ranch, FL ( WorkersCompensation.com)  – WorkCompCollege.com has announced a family of new educational programs to further serve the U.S. workers' compensation community. The company, having successfully launched its signature Workers’ Recovery Professional Certification Program […]
Federal safety investigators find Mobile contractor ignored safety warnings that might have prevented 28-year-old employee’s death aboard Panama City vessel
Federal safety investigators find Mobile contractor ignored safety warnings that might have prevented 28-year-old employee’s death aboard Panama City vessel

Panama City, FL (WorkersCompensation.com )  – Federal workplace safety inspectors examining how thousands of pounds of shifting cargo fatally crushed a 28-year-old worker in a ship’s cargo hold in Panama City found his employer failed […]
CWCI Elects Board Of Directors For 2023
CWCI Elects Board Of Directors For 2023

Oakland,CA (WorkersCompensation.com) - Sharon Thaler, National Director of Workers’ Compensation Field Underwriting Operations at AF Group / CompWest was reelected as Chair of the California Workers’ Compensation Institute (CWCI) Board of Directors (CWCI) for 2023 […]
Not Child’s Work: Department of Labor finds Florida roofing contractor’s work practices endangered minor, jeopardized workers’ safety, full wages
Not Child’s Work: Department of Labor finds Florida roofing contractor’s work practices endangered minor, jeopardized workers’ safety, full wages

Orlando,FL (WorkersCompensation.com) – It’s likely that the decisions Juan Felipe Gomez Toro made one day in February 2022 turned out to be more costly to his Lake Mary roofing contracting company than he might have imagined. An inspection of […]
Without adequate safety gear, Nebraska grain handler fatally suffocated after being engulfed in corn silo; company faces $531K in penalties
Without adequate safety gear, Nebraska grain handler fatally suffocated after being engulfed in corn silo; company faces $531K in penalties

Roseland,NE (WorkersCompensation.com) - A 34-year-old worker’s attempt to clean out a Roseland grain silo, in preparation for fall harvest, turned tragic on Sept. 12, 2022, when corn engulfed and asphyxiated him. An investigation by the […]
CWCI Announces Its 25th Annual California Workers Comp Case Law Update Program
CWCI Announces Its 25th Annual California Workers Comp Case Law Update Program

Oakland,CA - The California Workers’ Compensation Institute (CWCI) has announced that it will conduct its 25th annual California Workers’ Compensation Case Law Update as both an in-person event and as a live, online broadcast on Tuesday, […]