Long-Term Workplace Safety Culture Continues to Build in Nova Scotia

• 05/02/22
• WorkersCompensation.com

Halifax, NS (WorkersCompensation.com) - Nova Scotians spent less time off the job due to workplace injury in 2021 than the year before, but getting hurt at work still takes far too great a toll, accounting ...
Read More

Worker Suffers Arm Amputation from Brick Crushing Machine with Previously Identified Defect, Employer Failed to Repair Deficiency

• 05/02/22
• WorkersCompensation.com

Clairton, PA (WorkersCompensation.com) - A Pennsylvania manufacturer’s failure to provide guarding on a brick crushing machine ended in a 53-year-old worker suffering an arm amputation while ...
Read More

WCAB Reverses AOE/COE Using Substantial Medical Evidence Rules

• 04/30/22
• WorkCompAcademy.com

Sacramento, CA - Salvador Mendoza claimed a specific injury to the back, lower extremities, nervous system and psyche while employed as a stocker by Esparza Enterprises, Inc., on July 25, ...
Read More

ASSP: New Standard Helps Organizations Prevent Workplace Injuries

• 04/30/22
• WorkersCompensation.com

Park Ridge, IL (WorkersCompensation.com) - Organizations typically measure safety and health performance by tracking incidents after the fact with lagging metrics. To improve that method, the American ...
Read More

St. Louis Steel Manufacturer Lowers Injury Rates by Investing in Safety Training, Equipment to Protect Workers on the Job

• 04/30/22
• WorkersCompensation.com

St Louis, MO (WorkersCompensation.com) - Seeking to challenge an unfortunate fact in the cold steel manufacturing industry – where nearly 4 percent of all cold steel workers suffer recordable ...
Read More

US DOL to Hold Public Meeting to Provide Overview of OSHA Initiatives to Protect Workers from Heat Hazards

• 04/30/22
• WorkersCompensation.com

Washington, DC (WorkersCompensation.com) - The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration will hold a stakeholder meeting May 3, 2022, to provide an overview of and seek ...
Read More

Sunshine Mine Disaster: 50 Years Later

• 04/30/22
• WorkersCompensation.com

Tom Flory (middle) survived the Sunshine Mine Fire in May 1972 after being trapped 1600 meters underground. Washington, DC (WorkersCompensation.com) - Today marks the 50th anniversary of the day that ...
Read More

WCRI: Increase in Temporary Disability Duration in 2020 Seen Across Many States, May Reflect Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic

• 04/28/22
• WorkersCompensation.com

Cambridge, MA (WorkersCompensation.com) - A new edition of CompScope™ Benchmarks from the Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI) found indemnity benefits increasing in most states due to an ...
Read More

Secretary Marty Walsh Issues Statement Remembering Fallen Workers, Reaffirming Commitment to Worker Safety on Workers Memorial Day

• 04/28/22
• WorkersCompensation.com

Washington, DC (WorkersCompensation.com) - Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh today issued the following statement on Workers Memorial Day as the nation remembers those whose work claimed their lives: "In the ...
Read More