Latest Workers' Compensation Headlines
All the headlines from our Workers' Compensation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Cal/OSHA Cites Tree Trimming Company in Brush Chipper Fatality
Feb 9 2018 // Cal/OSHA has cited Gorilla Tree Service for serious and accident-related workplace safety violations following an investigation of a brush chipper accident that killed a 24-year-old worker in Napa. On Aug. 15, 2017, the...
South Carolina Notifies Insurers of Workers’ Comp Loss Cost Updates, Filing Requirements
Feb 8 2018 // South Carolina has alerted insurers of several changes to loss costs for the state’s voluntary and assigned risk workers’ compensation markets, and has issued a requirement that updated loss cost multipliers be...
OSHA Says Kansas’ Spirit Aerosystems Exposed Employees to Known Carcinogen
Feb 8 2018 // Federal safety regulators have proposed penalties totaling $194,006 against a Wichita, Kansas-based airline manufacturer for allegedly exposing its employees to a known carcinogen The U.S. Department of Labor’s...
Worldwide Facilities Opens Boston Office, Hires Two Senior Vice Presidents
Feb 5 2018 // Worldwide Facilities has announced the opening of a new location in Boston, Mass., and hired Mike McNally and Todd Pollock to the office as senior vice presidents. Worldwide Facilities is a national wholesale insurance...
Oklahoma’s Supreme Court Says Oil Company Can Be Sued After Worker Injury or Death
Feb 5 2018 // The Oklahoma Supreme Court has ruled that oil and natural gas companies can be sued when a worker is killed or injured on the job. The state’s highest court struck down a state workers’ compensation law that...
Coalition of Businesses Challenges Fee on Montana Workers’ Comp Assets
Feb 5 2018 // A business coalition is asking a judge to stop state officials from imposing a fee on assets of Montana’s workers’ compensation fund to plug a budget gap. The suit filed in late January in state District Court...
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Feb 5 2018 // Strategic Insurance Agency Alliance (SIAA), a Hampton, N.H.-based alliance of independent insurance agencies in the U.S., has hired Lizah Carey as a business insurance development specialist for its Business Insurance...
Texas Workers’ Comp Division: Nonsubscriber Annual Reports Are Due
Feb 2 2018 // Annual reporting for employers without workers’ compensation insurance must be submitted to the Texas Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) by April 30. By law, Texas employers that do not provide...
Feds Investigating Fatal Fall at Nebraska Construction Site
Feb 2 2018 // Federal workplace safety investigators are looking into what led to the fatal fall of a construction worker at a Hastings, Nebraska, work site last week. Television station KSNB reports that Jeff Funke of the Omaha office...
Florida Construction Company Owner Arrested For $1.8 Million Workers’ Comp Scam
Feb 2 2018 // A construction company owner in Jacksonville, Fla., has been arrested following a workers’ compensation fraud investigation, according to a report from Florida Chief Financial Officer Jimmy Patronis. Jeovane...
Patriot National Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Protection
Feb 1 2018 // In accordance with a previously-agreed restructuring plan with lenders, Patriot National, Inc., an insurance technology and outsourcing firm, has officially filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and...
Illinois Pallet Manufacturer Faces $91.8K Fine After Employee Injury
Jan 26 2018 // Federal safety officials have cited an Illinois pallet manufacturer for machine safety violations after an employee was injured while conducting maintenance on equipment. The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational...
ACORD Names Maine’s The MEMIC Group Top Workers’ Comp Company in U.S.
Jan 25 2018 // The MEMIC Group, a Portland, Maine-headquartered workers’ compensation carrier, has been ranked the top workers’ compensation company in the U.S. by the Association for Cooperative Operations Research and...
Oklahoma’s High Court: Oil Company Can Be Sued After Worker Injury or Death
Jan 24 2018 // The Oklahoma Supreme Court has ruled that oil and natural gas companies can be sued when a worker is killed or injured on the job. The state’s highest court struck down a state workers’ compensation law that...
Business Coalition Challenges Fee on Montana Workers’ Comp Assets
Jan 24 2018 // A business coalition is asking a judge to stop state officials from imposing a fee on assets of Montana’s workers’ compensation fund to plug a budget gap. The suit filed Monday in state District Court in Lake...
QBE Expects US$1.2B Loss in 2017 from ‘Unprecedented’ Natural Catastrophes
Jan 24 2018 // QBE announced to the market this week that it expects a US$1.2 billion after-tax loss in 2017 on “unprecedented” natural catastrophe claims. “This has been a challenging year for QBE, reflecting an...
2 Louisiana Businesses Earn Workers’ Comp Safety Awards
Jan 22 2018 // The Louisiana Workforce Commission’s (LWC) Office of Workers’ Compensation Administration (OWCA) OSHA/Safety Consultation Section named R&R Home Care Inc. of Mandeville, La., and Haven Nursing Center Inc....
Texas Workers’ Comp Division Accepting More Comments on Compounded Drug Rule
Jan 22 2018 // The Texas Department of Insurance – Division of Workers’ Compensation (TDI-DWC) is accepting comments through Feb. 20 on a compounded drug rule that was first proposed in June 2017. On June 16, 2017, DWC...
Ohio Restricts Back Surgery, Opioid Use for Injured Workers
Jan 22 2018 // Ohio residents with work-related back injuries in most cases must try remedies like rest, physical therapy and chiropractic care before turning to spinal fusion surgery and prescription painkillers under a groundbreaking...
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Jan 22 2018 // Chesapeake Employers’ Insurance Co., a Towson, Md.-based workers’ compensation specialist, has hired Danielle Quinn as a pharmacist case manager. In this role, Quinn is responsible for managing the Pharmacy...
