Latest Workers' Compensation Headlines
All the headlines from our Workers' Compensation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Feds to Give Report on Blast at Georgia Sugar Refinery
Jul 28 2008 // Imperial Sugar CEO John Sheptor said there may be “significant” penalties proposed when federal workplace safety regulators release their findings after investigating a dust explosion that killed 13 workers at...
Nev. Court Rules Workers’ Comp OK in Some Suicide Cases
Jul 28 2008 // In a precedent-setting case, the Nevada Supreme Court held last Thursday that worker comp benefits can go to families of people who kill themselves if an industrial accident broke down their “rational mental...
New York Law Aids Livery Drivers’ Access to Workers’ Compensation
Jul 28 2008 // New York livery drivers will now have better access to workers’ benefits. Gov. David A. Paterson announced Friday that he has signed a law to aid the drivers in New York City, and in Westchester and Nassau...
West Virginia Fire Station Closed after Workers’ Comp Canceled
Jul 28 2008 // Summit Park Volunteer Fire Department in Harrison County, West Virginia has agreed to stop responding to emergency calls temporarily while the state Fire Marshal’s Office looks into complaints involving its...
Democrats Press Labor Department on OSHA Rule on Chemical Exposure
Jul 25 2008 // Leading lawmakers this week accused the Bush administration of acting in secret to make it harder to limit worker exposure to carcinogens and other dangerous chemicals in the workplace. The Labor Department is trying...
California Car Washes Fined for Workers’ Comp Violations
Jul 25 2008 // Officials with the California’s Division of Labor Standards Enforcement issued 47 citations totaling $356,200 in fines to car wash businesses in Los Angeles and Orange counties as part of an ongoing effort to address...
York Insurance Services Group, Inc. invests in Gregory B. Bragg & Associates, Inc.
Jul 25 2008 // York Insurance Services Group, Inc. invests in Gregory B. Bragg & Associates, Inc. creating leading public entity insurance services provider in U.S. PARSIPPANY, N.J., (July 25, 2008) – York Insurance Services...
California Insurance Guarantee Association Reimbursed $56 Million
Jul 24 2008 // Continental Casualty Co. has reimbursed the California Insurance Guarantee Association (CIGA) nearly $56 million by for payments previously made to injured workers, the California Department of Insurance announced. The...
Corpus Christi, Weslaco Workers’ Comp Offices Closed Due to Dolly
Jul 24 2008 // The Texas Department of Insurance (TDI), Division of Workers’ Compensation has closed its Corpus Christi and Weslaco field offices until further notice due to severe weather caused by Hurricane Dolly. Additional...
Brownyard Adds Workers’ Comp to Security Guard and Pest Control Programs in California
Jul 24 2008 // The Brownyard Group, a program administrator providing specialized insurance coverage for select industry groups, announced it is offering workers’ compensation coverage in California for its security guard and pest...
Safety National Casualty Corp. Provides Workers’ Comp for Automobile Dealers
Jul 21 2008 // The board of directors of the Preferred Automobile Dealers Self Insurance Program Inc. (PADSIP) placed its members’ specific excess workers’ compensation and employers’ liability reinsurance with Safety...
How to Become the Local Employer of Choice
Jul 21 2008 // About two-thirds of companies do no planning for workforce issues at all. Quickly rising and about to strike, the tidal wave of demographic pressure in the U.S. is a formidable threat to the health of American business....
Crane Collapses At Houston Refinery — Killing 4, Injuring 7
Jul 21 2008 // As federal investigators converged on a Houston oil refinery July 19 where a crane collapse killed four and injured seven others, the company that owns the 30-story-tall crane released the names of the dead workers. The...
Ohio Businesses With Unpaid Workers’ Comp Bills Estimated at $235 Million
Jul 18 2008 // Ohio businesses that aren’t paying insurance bills to cover injured workers can expect a visit from the state. The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation said July 16 that it is creating a compliance unit to...
Finding Doctor Tougher With Oregon Ruling
Jul 18 2008 // A new workers’ compensation ruling by the state may make it a little toughter to find a doctor to treat injuries on the job. Doctors, physical therapists and other medical providers have been firing e-mails at the...
New York Concrete Firm Pays $211K in Workers’ Comp Fraud Case
Jul 16 2008 // The head of a Long Island brick and concrete firm has pleaded guilty to attempted insurance fraud and his company ordered to pay $211,000 in restitution to the New York State Insurance Fund (NYSIF) for concealing the...
Georgia Builders Association Attempts Takeover of Builders Insurance
Jul 15 2008 // When Builders Insurance Group — a mutual captive insurer for Georgia homebuilders — shifted its exclusive affiliation with Home Builders Association of Georgia, the association implemented a takeover of the...
N.D. Workers’ Comp Committee Studying Benefits of Privatization
Jul 14 2008 // Complaints about North Dakota’s Workforce Safety and Insurance (WSI) agency may not translate into support for making WSI a private business and allowing competition from other insurers, state lawmakers say. The...
California High Court Clarifies Policies on Workers’ Comp Utilization Reviews
Jul 14 2008 // Employers must conduct utilization reviews when deciding whether to approve or deny an injured employee’s request for workers’ compensation medical treatment, the Supreme Court of California has ruled. In State...
Not All N.Y. Workers’ Compensation Self-Insurance Trusts are in Trouble
Jul 11 2008 // New York officials have closed 14 workers’ compensation self-insured trusts in the past few years and questioned the financial stability of 22 others. However, that still leaves 29 group trusts operating in the state...
