Video Series Examines Highway Worker Safety Research

• 10/19/17
• National Safety Council

Washington, DC – The Transportation Research Board recently published a series of videos highlighting a National Cooperative Highway Research Program analysis of highway worker safety. Oregon State ...
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O.C. Deputies File Comp Claims for Vegas Shooting

• 10/19/17
• WorkCompAcademy.com

Sacramento, CA - The Orange County Register reports that four Orange County sheriff’s deputies have filed workers compensation claims against the county for physical and psychological ...
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NY Safety And Health Advocates Hosted Day Of Action & Delivered Tens Of Thousands Of Postcards Against Proposed Benefit Cuts To Injured Workers

• 10/19/17
• WorkersCompensation.com

Brooklyn, NY (WorkersCompensation.com) - Health and safety advocates and medical professionals from across New York State gathered for days of action across the State of New York today before submitting tens ...
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CA Governor Brown Announced Appointment to DWC

• 10/19/17
• WorkersCompensation.com

Sacramento, CA (WorkersCompensation.com) - George Parisotto, 57, of Oakland, has been appointed administrative director of the Division of Workers’ Compensation at the California Department of ...
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Bill To Bar Undocumented Workers From Receiving Workers' Compensation Benefits Introduced In Ohio

• 10/18/17
• WorkersCompensation.com

Columbus, OH (WorkersCompensation.com) - On October 11, 2017 State Representatives Bill Seitz and Larry Householder introduced a bill to the Ohio legislature that would prevent anyone not legally residing in ...
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Montana State Fund Declares Record $40M Dividend

• 10/18/17
• WorkersCompensation.com

Helena, MT (WorkersCompensation.com) - The Board of Directors of Montana State Fund (MSF)—the state’s largest workers’ compensation insurance company—has declared a record dividend to ...
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State of Alaska Holds Employer Accountable for Fatal Wall Collapse

• 10/18/17
• WorkersCompensation.com

Anchorage, AK (WorkersCompensation.com) - Contractor Mark Welty, d/b/a North Country Services, has withdrawn his contest of $280,000 in fines assessed by the Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce ...
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Panel Allows "Interrogatory" in Comp Litigation

• 10/18/17
• WorkCompAcademy.com

Sacramento, CA - On March 18, 2015, Margaret Nadey submitted a Workers' Compensation Form DWC-1 to her employer Pleasant Valley State Prison, claiming injury to her right shoulder. She later filed an ...
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Poor Piloting Decisions, Lack of Medical Requirements, Led to Fatal Texas Balloon Crash

• 10/18/17
• WorkersCompensation.com

Washington, DC (WorkersCompensation.com) - The National Transportation Safety Board Tuesday called on the Federal Aviation Administration to remove its medical certification exemption for commercial balloon ...
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