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One Year after Va. Walmart Shooting, Lawsuits Could be Upended by Workers’ Comp Laws 
One Year after Va. Walmart Shooting, Lawsuits Could be Upended by Workers’ Comp Laws 

Chesapeake, VA (WorkersCompensation.com) – More than a year after a mass shooting killed six Walmart employee and several others injured, several pending lawsuits could test the limits of Virginia’s workers’ compensation laws.   On Nov. 20, […]
Reality Show Contestants Claim Injuries, ‘Inhumane’ Working Conditions 
Reality Show Contestants Claim Injuries, ‘Inhumane’ Working Conditions 

Los Gatos, CA (WorkersCompensation.com) – Contestants on the reality spinoff series “Squid Games: The Challenge” say they’ve suffered injuries on set.   Based on the fictional “Squid Game,” a South Korean show on Netflix that garnered […]
19-Year-Old Worker Killed by Forklift Driven by his Father One of Several Fatal Accidents 
19-Year-Old Worker Killed by Forklift Driven by his Father One of Several Fatal Accidents 

New York, NY (WorkersCompensation.com) – A 19-year-old worker killed by a forklift driven by his father, is one of several fatal industrial accidents this month.   According to police reports, Ommatt Cruz, 19, was directing a […]
Retail Workers More Likely to be Injured in January than During Holidays 
Retail Workers More Likely to be Injured in January than During Holidays 

New York, NY (WorkersCompensation.com) – More workers are injured in January than during the holidays, a new report has found.   The report, 2023 Retail Risk Report released Friday by AmTrust Financial Services, Inc., found that […]
Mass. Officials Push for Change after Cannabis Worker Dies from Asthma Attack 
Mass. Officials Push for Change after Cannabis Worker Dies from Asthma Attack 

Holyoke, MA (WorkersCompensation.com) - Health Department officials in Massachusetts are pushing for extra safety steps after a cannabis worker died from an asthma attack.   According to OSHA, a worker for Trulieve Cannabis Corp. was packaging […]
3M Fined More than $300k for 2022 Worker Death 
3M Fined More than $300k for 2022 Worker Death 

Prairie du Chien, WI (WorkersCompensation.com) – Federal investigators at OSHA announced Friday that they had fined Maplewood, Minn.-based 3M over the death of an employee at its Wisconsin plant this spring.   Officials said 3M could […]
4 L.A. Sheriff’s Employees Die by Suicide in 24-Hour Span 
4 L.A. Sheriff’s Employees Die by Suicide in 24-Hour Span 

Los Angeles, CA (WorkersCompensation.com) – Four current and former Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department employees have died by suicide over a 24-hour span, officials said last week.   According to Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna alluded […]
Trial Moves Forward for Teacher Shot by 6-Year-Old Student 
Trial Moves Forward for Teacher Shot by 6-Year-Old Student 

Newport News, Va. (WorkersCompensation.com) – A lawsuit brought by an elementary school teacher after she was shot by one of her students can go on, a judge has ruled.   Newport News, Virginia teacher Abby Zwerner […]