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New WCRI Study Finds that 7 Percent of Workers with COVID-19 Claims Developed Long COVID
New WCRI Study Finds that 7 Percent of Workers with COVID-19 Claims Developed Long COVID

Cambridge,MA (WorkersCompensation.com) - A new study from the Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI) found that 7 percent of workers with COVID-19 claims received treatment for long COVID after the acute period of the infection. While […]
Vermont Businesses to See Decrease in Workers' Compensation Insurance for Record Seventh Year in a Row
Vermont Businesses to See Decrease in Workers' Compensation Insurance for Record Seventh Year in a Row

Montpelier,VT (WorkersCompensation.com) – Governor Phil Scott and Department of Financial Regulation (DFR) Commissioner Kevin Gaffney today announced that Vermont businesses will see another rate decrease in workers’ compensation insurance in 2023. This will mark the […]
Deadly mix: Federal workplace safety investigations find severe injuries, fatality caused by steam explosions at 2 Ohio companies
Deadly mix: Federal workplace safety investigations find severe injuries, fatality caused by steam explosions at 2 Ohio companies

Waterford,OH (WorkersCompensation.com)  ‒ With proper training, people working in metal casting facilities know that mixing water and molten material can be a serious, if not deadly mistake, as tragic incidents at two Ohio companies in 2022 […]
Department of Labor cites US Postal Service with 16 violations for endangering workers at 3 Tennessee facilities, proposes $350K in penalties
Department of Labor cites US Postal Service with 16 violations for endangering workers at 3 Tennessee facilities, proposes $350K in penalties

Nashville,TN (WorkersCompensation.com) - The U.S. Department of Labor has found the U.S. Postal Service exposed workers to struck-by, electrical, crushing, fire and other health hazards at facilities in Columbia, Knoxville and Nashville. As a result of three […]
The Hanover Expands Casualty Offerings, Announces Specialty General Liability Solution
The Hanover Expands Casualty Offerings, Announces Specialty General Liability Solution

Worchester,MA (WorkersCompensation.com) -  The Hanover Insurance Group, Inc. (NYSE: THG) today announced the launch of a specialty general liability offering. With the new offering, the company's agents and brokers can provide an admitted general liability and […]
US Department of Labor finds lumber company failed to secure, service forklift that fatally struck 18-year-old worker at Arkansas yard
US Department of Labor finds lumber company failed to secure, service forklift that fatally struck 18-year-old worker at Arkansas yard

Little Rock,AR (WorkersCompensation.com) – A U.S. Department of Labor investigation has determined a Carrollton, Texas, lumber supplier and retailer could have prevented the death of an 18-year-old worker who was struck by a forklift at a […]
In Federal Court, Alabama Plastics Manufacturer Pleads Guilty to Willful Safety Regulation Violation Found in 2017 OSHA Investigation Into Worker’s Death
In Federal Court, Alabama Plastics Manufacturer Pleads Guilty to Willful Safety Regulation Violation Found in 2017 OSHA Investigation Into Worker’s Death

Birmingham,AL (WorkersCompensation.com) – An Alabama plastics manufacturing company has pleaded guilty to a willful violation of workplace safety requirements as part of an agreement filed in federal court spurred initially by a U.S. Department of […]
Investigation into 41-year-old driver’s death finds two delivery services companies failed to protect workers transporting dry ice in Alabama
Investigation into 41-year-old driver’s death finds two delivery services companies failed to protect workers transporting dry ice in Alabama

Birmingham,AL (WorkersCompensation.com) – In the summer of 2022, onlookers noticed a delivery truck stopped at about 8:15 a.m. one Wednesday morning on the University of Birmingham campus near what would have been the driver’s first […]