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Department of Labor announces enforcement guidance changes to save lives, target employers who put profit over safety

Washington,DC (WorkersCompensation.com)  – The U.S. Department of Labor announced that its Occupational Safety and Health Administration has issued new enforcement guidance to make its penalties more effective in stopping employers from repeatedly exposing workers to life-threatening […]

2023 Brings Higher OSHA – and Much Higher Cal/OSHA Penalties

Washington,DC (WorkCompAcademy) - The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) announced another annual inflation based increase in the civil monetary penalties for violations of federal Occupational Safety and Health standards and regulations. The new penalties will be […]

Facing Manslaughter Charges In Worker’s 2021 Trench Collapse Death, Colorado Contractor Who Willfully Ignored Federal Law Surrenders To Police

Breckenridge,CO (WorkersCompensation.com) – The owner of a Vail construction company facing felony manslaughter charges has surrendered to local law enforcement after the Summit County Sheriff’s Office in Breckenridge, Colorado, issued an arrest warrant on Jan. […]

Federal Investigators Find Employee Suffered Fatal Injuries While Duct Tape Held Machine Safety Guards Open At Kingsman Plastics Plant

Kingman,KS (WorkersCompensation.com)  ‒ A Kingman plastics manufacturer’s failure to make sure required safety procedures were followed contributed to the death of a worker who suffered fatal injuries when he became entangled in a rotating part […]

New WCRI Study Finds that 7 Percent of Workers with COVID-19 Claims Developed Long COVID

Cambridge,MA (WorkersCompensation.com) - A new study from the Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI) found that 7 percent of workers with COVID-19 claims received treatment for long COVID after the acute period of the infection. While […]

Vermont Businesses to See Decrease in Workers' Compensation Insurance for Record Seventh Year in a Row

Montpelier,VT (WorkersCompensation.com) – Governor Phil Scott and Department of Financial Regulation (DFR) Commissioner Kevin Gaffney today announced that Vermont businesses will see another rate decrease in workers’ compensation insurance in 2023. This will mark the […]