OIG Finds Flaws in OSHA’s Fatality and Severe Injury Reporting Program

Current News :
• 09/21/18
• National Safety Council

Washington, DC — OSHA is not doing enough to ensure it has complete information on work-related deaths and severe injuries, and is not consistent in citing establishments that fail to file required ...
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NY State Corrections Officer Charged With Defrauding Workers' Comp By Working At A Bar While Claiming He Was Not Employed At All

Current News :
• 09/21/18
• WorkersCompensation.com

Albany, NY (WorkersCompensation.com) - New York State Inspector General Catherine Leahy Scott today announced the arrest of a New York State prisons corrections officer on charges he defrauded the ...
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The Opioid Crisis: What is the Government Doing About It? Part 2 - Improvements with Data Reporting, Collection and Analysis

Workers Comp Blogwire :
• 09/21/18
• MEDVAL

This blog series is devoted to better understanding the efforts our Federal government is undertaking to combat the opioid epidemic in America. Earlier this year, the Department of Health and Human Services ...
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Cal/OSHA Issues Citations for Fatal Waste Collection Truck Accident

Current News :
• 09/21/18
• WorkersCompensation.com

Fremont, CA (WorkersCompensation.com) - Cal/OSHA has issued citations to GreenWaste Recovery Inc. after a waste collection worker was fatally run over by his own truck in San Jose. An investigation found ...
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Opportunity to be Heard

The Experts View :
• 09/21/18
• David Langham

What is the scope and purpose of the Florida Office of Judges of Compensation Claims (OJCC)? In a nutshell, this agency delivers process to those impacted by workplace injuries, the employees and employers. ...
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Unlike NFL Players - 53 Pro Wrestlers Lose CTE Case

Current News :
• 09/21/18
• WorkCompAcademy.com

Sacramento, CA - The National Football League, which entered a concussion-related settlement that has been valued at approximately $1 billion, is far from the only organization affected by the emergence of ...
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Changes in Monday Claims

Workers Comp Blogwire :
• 09/21/18
• NCCI

A Case of the Mondays Sometimes injuries that are not work-related get claimed as workers compensation. Workers may get injured away from their job, but say the injury is related to work to reap better ...
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Shooting in Baltimore Marks Third US Workplace Shooting in 24 Hours

Featured News :
• 09/21/18
• Liz Carey

Aberdeen, MD (WorkersCompensation.com) – A woman who entered a Rite Aid distribution center and killed three people before turning her gun on herself Thursday marked the third workplace shooting in ...
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Five Things You Need to Know: 9/21, Friday Edition

Featured News :
• 09/21/18
• Dara Barney

Sarasota, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) - 1) NY: Prison Guard Busted for Allegedly Working Another Job After Injury Benjamin Essenter, a prison guard out of Albany, has been charged with ...
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