Latest Workers' Compensation Headlines
All the headlines from our Workers' Compensation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Safety Violations at Arkansas Food Processor Brings $156.7K Fine
Jun 6 2012 // Alleged health and safety violations at an Arkansas food processing plant have resulted in a proposed $156,700 fine for the plant’s owner. The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health cited...
States Collecting on $146 Million AIG Workers’ Comp Settlement
Jun 5 2012 // State regulators around the county are finally collecting their share of a multimillion dollar settlement reached with American International Group (AIG) in 2010 based on the company’s misreporting of workers’...
Ohio Workers’ Comp Bureau Extends Private Employer Rate Cut
Jun 5 2012 // The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) in late May announced an extension of the $65 million in rate cuts enacted last year for Ohio’s private sector employers to the 2013 policy year that begins July...
OSHA Investigating 2 Fatal Blasts in 2 Weeks at Mississippi Plant
Jun 5 2012 // The mother of a man who died in an explosion at a Pascagoula, Mississippi fertilizer factory says her son never spoke of any safety problems at the plant. Twenty-year-old Jeremy Moore of Hurley died Friday — the second...
Duration, Severity Drive Workers’ Comp Claims Costs in Louisiana
Jun 4 2012 // Louisiana Workers’ Compensation Corp. (LWCC) was created by the state legislature in 1991 in an effort to stabilize and revitalize the state’s workers’ compensation. Today, the private nonprofit mutual...
Why Workers’ Compensation Claimants Hire Attorneys
Jun 4 2012 // Workplace trust, fear of claim denial and injury severity are the main reasons for attorney representation in workers’ compensation claims, according to Bogdan Savych, a public policy analyst with the Workers...
Safety Inspections Don’t Hurt Businesses: Study
Jun 4 2012 // Random inspections of U.S. industrial workplaces lower the risk of workers being injured on the job and have no measurable negative effect on the companies inspected, according to a study in the journal Science. Companies...
Study: Drug Testing Driving Calif. Workers’ Comp Costs
Jun 4 2012 // It’s no surprise that pharmaceuticals are one of the leading drivers of workers’ compensation costs in California, but a study issued late last month shows the skyrocketing cost of drug testing is becoming a...
Missouri Session Ends with Some of Business ‘6’ Fixed
Jun 4 2012 // Despite repeated attempts during two legislative sessions, the Republicans who control Missouri’s General Assembly have passed only part of the six-point, pro-business agenda outlined by the state’s main...
Maryland to Privatize State-Run Workers’ Comp Insurer IWIF
Jun 4 2012 // The Injured Workers’ Insurance Fund (IWIF), Maryland’s state-run workers’ comp insurance carrier, will become a private, nonprofit company under a new name Chesapeake Employers’ Insurance, effective...
AIG to Pay Penn. $16.8M to Settle Probe Over WC Premium Reporting
Jun 1 2012 // Pennsylvania Insurance Commissioner Michael Consedine announced Thursday that American International Group and its workers comp insurance units will pay Pennsylvania more than $16.8 million in fines and assessments. The...
Judge Slashes SeaWorld’s OSHA Fine for Death of Whale Trainer
Jun 1 2012 // SeaWorld Orlando’s $75,000 fine from the federal job safety agency for the death of a trainer by a killer whale two years ago has been reduced to $12,000, according to a judge’s ruling obtained Wednesday. The...
Bill Addressing Spinal Surgery Devices Passes California Senate
May 30 2012 // A bill aimed at ending double payments for spinal surgery devices passed state Senate resoundingly on Wednesday and is now on its way to Assembly. Senate Bill 959 will save taxpayers tens of millions of dollars per year,...
Panel to Hear Illinois Trooper’s Workers’ Comp Appeal
May 25 2012 // A former Illinois State Police trooper whose high-speed crash killed two sisters is asking again for workers’ compensation benefits for injuries he received in the wreck. The Belleville News-Democrat reported the...
OSHA Investigating Recent Spate of Construction Site Accidents in N.J.
May 24 2012 // Federal labor officials want construction companies in New Jersey to ensure that employees working above 6 feet have the proper equipment to protect themselves from falls. The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational...
Study: Drug Testing Driving Calif. Workers’ Comp Costs
May 23 2012 // It’s no surprise that pharmaceuticals are one of the leading drivers of workers’ compensation costs in California, but a study issued on Wednesday shows the skyrocketing cost of drug testing is taking a spot as...
Maryland’s State-Run WC Insurer IWIF to Become Private Nonprofit Co.
May 23 2012 // The Injured Workers’ Insurance Fund (IWIF), Maryland’s state-run workers’ comp insurance carrier, will become a private, nonprofit company under a new name Chesapeake Employers’ Insurance, effective...
Oklahoma Workers’ Comp Judge Vacates Order After Ethics Rule Cited
May 22 2012 // An Oklahoma workers’ compensation court judge has vacated an order he signed in favor of an attorney he plans to work for after leaving the bench. Judge Kent Eldridge told The Oklahoman in a copyright story that he...
No Changes Made for Missouri Injured Worker Fund
May 22 2012 // Missouri’s financially troubled fund for injured workers will get no relief from the state Legislature for at least another year. The state Second Injury Fund takes businesses off the hook for paying the claims of...
Mississippi Passes Workers’ Compensation Changes
May 21 2012 // Mississippi legislators offered different views of a bill they passed to change the compensation system for workers injured on the job. If Republican Gov. Phil Bryant signs the bill as is expected, it will become law July...
