N.Y. Employees Attacked in Separate Incidents

• 07/22/21
• Liz Carey

Brooklyn, NY (WorkersCompensation.com) – Attacks against food service and other workers in New York over everything from masks to cash only transactions continued this week.  On July 15, in the ...
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Collecting, Interpreting Data is Key to Mitigating MSDs, Experts Say

• 07/21/21
• Nancy Grover

Sarasota, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) – Musculoskeletal disorders are the most common and among the most expensive occupational injuries. They cover a wide array of injury types and causes across a ...
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Va. Study Suggests a Higher Rate of Mental Illness Among Appalachian Mine Workers

• 07/21/21
• FJ Thomas

Sarasota, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) – Mine dust lung disease (CMDLD) among coal miners has been well studied, mental illness among coal miners, especially in the Appalachian region, has not.  ...
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Dangerous Week Leaves 3 Workers Dead, 2 Injured in Separate Accidents

• 07/21/21
• Liz Carey

Superior, WI (WorkersCompensation.com) – It was a deadly week last week as three separate accidents left three dead and two injured within a 48-hour period.  On July 11, a “buildings and ...
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COVID 'Pushed Us 5 Years Past Where We Were,' Ill. WC Commission Chair Says

• 07/20/21
• Nancy Grover

Sarasota, FL (WorkersCompenstion.com) – One of the more frustrating things about the workers’ compensation system may be the inability to move cases forward. That should be largely eliminated in ...
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OIG Report Highlights Massive Errors in EHR Rollout at VA Facility

• 07/20/21
• FJ Thomas

Sarasota, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) – According to a recent Bloomberg report, the Justice Department had a record year investigating cases of healthcare fraud, and currently investigating at least ...
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Termination, Incomplete Photographic Evidence Point to Retaliation, Obstruction

• 07/20/21
• Frank Ferreri

Minneapolis, MN (WorkersCompensation.com) – Giving an employee all the time off he’s entitled to might not be enough for an employer to show it stayed on the right side of workers’ ...
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What Do You Think: Could Minor Sue after Log-splitter Finger Amputation?

• 07/19/21
• Frank Ferreri

Youngstown, OH (WorkersCompensation.com) – Letting a minor loose with a log splitter wouldn’t top anyone’s idea of good safety practices, but is it enough to show an intent to harm the ...
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In Light of Frequent abuse, Flight Attendants Want Help

• 07/19/21
• Liz Carey

Dallas, TX (WorkersCompensation.com) – As more and more passengers attack flight attendants – verbally, emotionally and physically – one organizer says airline flight crews need help with ...
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