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Did Booze or Enlarged Heart Cause Army Employee’s Death?
Did Booze or Enlarged Heart Cause Army Employee’s Death?

Federal Focus After a drunken, fully clothed splash in the pool and passing out in his hotel room, a federal worker died overnight, leaving medical questions about what his cause of death was. Simply Research […]
Was Volunteer Crushed at School Charity Event Covered by Workers’ Comp?
Was Volunteer Crushed at School Charity Event Covered by Workers’ Comp?

What Do You Think? Employees normally can’t sue for negligence when they are hurt at work. This is because, generally, their only avenue of relief is the workers’ compensation act. But what if a volunteer […]
Fatalities or Near-Death Experiences in Workers’ Compensation
Fatalities or Near-Death Experiences in Workers’ Compensation

Case Management Focus Last week, I said goodbye to a close friend who was found dead by her sister after not reporting to work. My friend was a supervisor at a managed care company, and […]
Mass. Officials Push for Change after Cannabis Worker Dies from Asthma Attack 
Mass. Officials Push for Change after Cannabis Worker Dies from Asthma Attack 

Holyoke, MA (WorkersCompensation.com) - Health Department officials in Massachusetts are pushing for extra safety steps after a cannabis worker died from an asthma attack.   According to OSHA, a worker for Trulieve Cannabis Corp. was packaging […]
3M Fined More than $300k for 2022 Worker Death 
3M Fined More than $300k for 2022 Worker Death 

Prairie du Chien, WI (WorkersCompensation.com) – Federal investigators at OSHA announced Friday that they had fined Maplewood, Minn.-based 3M over the death of an employee at its Wisconsin plant this spring.   Officials said 3M could […]
What Do You Think: May Wife of W. Va. Coke-Oven Worker Obtain Benefits for Husband’s Death?
What Do You Think: May Wife of W. Va. Coke-Oven Worker Obtain Benefits for Husband’s Death?

Follansbee, WV (WorkersCompensation.com) – When an employee dies at work with no witnesses, it can become challenging to determine whether his death was work-related. But as one case shows, sometimes the outcome is dictated by […]
Ariz. Worker’s Death from COVID Ruled to Have Arisen from Job
Ariz. Worker’s Death from COVID Ruled to Have Arisen from Job

Phoenix, AZ (WorkersCompensation.com) -- While much of life and work has returned to what it looked like before 2020, there will always be reminders of how severe the pandemic was at its height. For example, […]
Workers Die in Heat
Workers Die in Heat

Farmersville, TX (WorkersCompensation.com) – A UPS driver and a Kroger warehouse worker are the latest casualties in American workers’ long, hot summer. In Farmersville, Texas, a UPS driver is dead after telling his supervisors he […]