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DWC Accepting Applications for Qualified Medical Evaluator (QME) Examination April 15 through 22, 2023
DWC Accepting Applications for Qualified Medical Evaluator (QME) Examination April 15 through 22, 2023

San Bernardino,CA (WorkersCompensation.com) - The Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) is now accepting applications for the Qualified Medical Evaluator (QME) examination for April 2023. The examination will be held between April 15, 2023 and April […]
Apprenticeship Training Connected With Safer Workplaces, Fewer Injuries
Apprenticeship Training Connected With Safer Workplaces, Fewer Injuries

Tumwater,WA (WorkersCompensation.com) - Apprenticeship programs result in safer workers. That’s the conclusion of a first-of-its-kind study by the Washington State Department of Labor & Industries (L&I). As apprenticeship programs continue to grow, they could reduce […]
Two Commission Deputy Commissioners Are Now Also Certified Mediators
Two Commission Deputy Commissioners Are Now Also Certified Mediators

[Richmond, Virginia]- The Virginia Workers' Compensation Commission is pleased to announce two Virginia Workers' Compensation Commission Deputy Commissioners, have been certified by the Supreme Court as certified mediators. Deputy Commissioner John T. Cornett (top left) […]
US Department of Labor Announces Annual Adjustments To OSHA Civil Penalties For 2023
US Department of Labor Announces Annual Adjustments To OSHA Civil Penalties For 2023

Washington,DC (WorkersCompensation.com) – The U.S. Department of Labor announced changes to Occupational Safety and Health Administration civil penalty amounts based on cost-of-living adjustments for 2023. In 2015, Congress passed the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment […]
US Department of Labor Cites Eversource Energy Service Co. For Willful, Serious Violations After Fatal Beacon Hill Arc Flash, Blast In Boston
US Department of Labor Cites Eversource Energy Service Co. For Willful, Serious Violations After Fatal Beacon Hill Arc Flash, Blast In Boston

Braintree,MA (WorkersCompensation.com) – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited Eversource Energy Service Co. for five violations of workplace safety standards after its investigation of a fatal arc flash and arc blast in […]
US Department of Labor Finds Contractor Continues to Expose Workers to Potentially Deadly Falls, This Time At Upper Saddle River Worksite
US Department of Labor Finds Contractor Continues to Expose Workers to Potentially Deadly Falls, This Time At Upper Saddle River Worksite

Trenton,NJ (WorkersCompensation.com) -  Less than four months after citing a Trenton roofing contractor for exposing unprotected workers to deadly fall hazards, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration is once again holding the employer […]
SafetyFOCUS Can Fulfill a New Year’s Resolution
SafetyFOCUS Can Fulfill a New Year’s Resolution

Park Ridge,IL(WorkersCompensation.com) - Occupational safety and health professionals who made a New Year’s resolution to pursue professional development have an immediate opportunity to check that off their list. The winter session of SafetyFOCUS from the American Society […]
Fatal Occupational Injuries Increased 8.9% in 2021
Fatal Occupational Injuries Increased 8.9% in 2021

Washington,DC (WorkCompAcademy) - The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that there were 5,190 fatal work injuries recorded in the United States in 2021, an 8.9-percent increase from 4,764 in 2020. The fatal work injury rate […]