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Exoskeletons In The Workplace Can Reduce Occupational Injuries
Exoskeletons In The Workplace Can Reduce Occupational Injuries

Farmington Hills, MI(WorkersCompensation.com) - Work-related musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) are a leading cause of occupational injuries and illnesses in the U.S. These disorders develop when workers are exposed to biomechanical forces that regularly exceed the worker’s […]
DWC Emergency Regulations for Medical-Legal Evaluations in Response to COVID-19 in Effect through January 18, 2023
DWC Emergency Regulations for Medical-Legal Evaluations in Response to COVID-19 in Effect through January 18, 2023

Sacremento,CA(WorkersCompensation.com) - The Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) announces its emergency regulations 46.3 for medical-legal evaluations utilizing telehealth and office location flexibility resulting from various state and local public health safety measures related to COVID-19, which became […]
Man With Three Jobs Pleads Guilty To Workers Compensation Fraud And Pays Over $4k In Restitution
Man With Three Jobs Pleads Guilty To Workers Compensation Fraud And Pays Over $4k In Restitution

Columbus,OH(WorkersCompensation.com) - On Sept. 26, 2022, Kerby Harrison pleaded guilty to one count of workers’ compensation fraud, a fifth-degree felony, and was ordered to pay $4,462.02 in restitution. BWC’s Special Investigations Department (SID) opened an […]
US Department of Labor Cites Developer, Subcontractors For Exposing Workers to Dangerously Energized Power Lines
US Department of Labor Cites Developer, Subcontractors For Exposing Workers to Dangerously Energized Power Lines

Paterson,NJ(WorkersCompensation.com)  – The U.S. Department of Labor has issued citations to three New Jersey contractors who willfully exposed employees to potentially lethal dangers by allowing them to work near energized power lines at a Paterson […]
DWC Announces 2023 Profile Audit Review and Full Compliance Audit Performance
DWC Announces 2023 Profile Audit Review and Full Compliance Audit Performance

Sacremento,CA(WorkersCompensation.com) - The Division of Workers’ Compensation’s (DWC) Audit and Enforcement Unit conducts a profile audit review (PAR) for all adjusting locations of California workers’ compensation claims at least once every five years, per the requirements of […]
NCCI Reports WC Medical Costs Increasing Less Than Inflation
NCCI Reports WC Medical Costs Increasing Less Than Inflation

Boca Raton,FL( WorkCompAcademy) - The National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI) published the first of four installments in its series on inflation and workers compensation medical costs. It explores price and utilization trends in medical services, […]
Chemical Processor Fined Nearly $200,000 For Violating More Than 60 Safety Regulations
Chemical Processor Fined Nearly $200,000 For Violating More Than 60 Safety Regulations

Tumwater,WA(WorkersCompensation.com)  - A manufacturing company that works with dangerous chemicals in Moses Lake is facing $192,620 in fines for 46 serious and 17 general safety and health violations. Two Rivers Terminal LLC formulates products for […]
US Department of Labor Cites Framing Contractor Who Ignored OSHA's Safety Hazard Notification, Directed Workers Onto Roof Without Fall Protection
US Department of Labor Cites Framing Contractor Who Ignored OSHA's Safety Hazard Notification, Directed Workers Onto Roof Without Fall Protection

River Grove,IL(WorkersCompensation.com)  – While federal workplace safety inspectors are used to some employers' disregard for workplace safety, the response of a Chicago-area carpentry company's site supervisor to a U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health […]