Workers' Compensation Daily Headlines

Stuart, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) – What’s the best way to change a fixed mindset when it comes to workers’ compensation? Numbers can make the case. Although conventional thinking rules the day with many employers when it […]

Harlan County, KY (WorkersCompensation.com) – Rescue crews stopped looking for a miner thought to be trapped in a Kentucky coal mine last week when they found his body deep inside the mine.  James D. Brown, […]

Sarasota, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) – Workers who spend much of their time lifting and carrying are at risk of severe shoulder injuries that may require surgery. A new study out of Denmark suggests organizations would be […]

Sarasota, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) – According to a definition from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, binge drinking is the consumption of large amounts of alcohol over a period of 2 hours or less […]

Sarasota, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) – Wounds can be a major cost driver in workers’ compensation claims. The costs to treat these pressure injuries can quickly and easily run up to $100,000 or more, especially if an […]

New York, NY (WorkersCompensation.com) -- The officers and first responders at Ground Zero on 9/11 are widely recognized as heroes who risked -- and in some cases sacrificed -- their lives to save others.  Nonetheless, […]

Miami Beach, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) – Much like Alan Rickman’s Sheriff of Nottingham in Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, who called off Christmas, the Mayor of Miami is calling off Spring Break.  Citing injuries to police […]

Newburgh, NY (WorkersCompensation.com) – It was a bad week to be a worker, as four men are dead from industrial accidents.  In Newburgh, New York, a construction worker died on Thursday when he was crushed […]