Latest Workers' Compensation Headlines
All the headlines from our Workers' Compensation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
OSHA Wants Soap Maker to Clean Up Its Act in Response to Chemical Release
Jan 16 2025 // A Chambersburg, Pennsylvania soap and detergent manufacturer faces $161,310 in federal penalties after an Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) investigation of a chemical gas release that sent a dozen...
Texas Drywall Company Owner Faces Workers’ Comp Fraud Charges
Jan 15 2025 // The owner of a Texas drywall company is set to appear in Travis County District Court on February 12 to face three counts of fraud totaling $170,000, the Texas Department of Insurance Division of Workers’...
‘Epidemic’ of Hidden Cams? SC Workers’ Comp Lawyer Sued After Arrest for Videos
Jan 15 2025 // Two months after his law license was suspended and he was charged with illicitly filming renters at his beach property, a South Carolina workers’ compensation attorney now faces a civil lawsuit by one of the alleged...
Construction Firm Owner Sentenced for Tax, Mail and Workers Compensation Fraud
Jan 15 2025 // A Hopkinton, Massachusetts man was sentenced on Jan. 10, 2025 in federal court in Boston for defrauding the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and Travelers Insurance Co. over wages he paid to employees of his two construction...
Dermatologicals Now the Costliest Drug Group in California Workers Comp
Jan 15 2025 // Dermatologicals, which include a number of high-priced, private label drugs, account for the biggest share of the total drug spend in the California workers’ compensation system, a new report shows. Data from the...
Cal/OSHA Says Safeway Exposed Workers to Serious Hazards at Largest Warehouse
Jan 10 2025 // The California Division of Occupational Safety and Health cited Safeway $182,000 in proposed penalties for safety violations that reportedly put roughly 1,700 workers at risk of serious injuries at the company’s...
Insurer Upheld in Declining to Defend Employer Against Injured Worker’s Lawsuit
Jan 10 2025 // The New Jersey Supreme Court recently ruled that an insurer had no duty to defend an insured employer against an injured employee’s personal injury lawsuit alleging negligence and intentional harm. The high court...
Injured While ‘Simply Walking’ Not Covered by Workers’ Compensation
Jan 8 2025 // Not all accidents are compensable merely because they happen at work, the Virginia Workers’ Compensation Commission (WCC) reminded in denying workers’ compensation benefits to a school bus driver for an injury...
Colorado Governor Wants to Privatize State’s Workers’ Comp Carrier
Jan 3 2025 // Colorado Gov. Jared Polis wants to spin off the state’s stake in Pinnacol Assurance, privatizing the workers’ compensation carrier of last resort to help it make more money and plug government budget holes. The...
Bureau of Labor Releases Final 2023 Workplace Injury, Fatality Stats
Jan 3 2025 // Last year, there were 5,283 fatal work injuries recorded in the United States, a 3.7% decrease from 5,486 in 2022, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported. The fatal work injury rate was 3.5 fatalities per 100,000...
BTW Settles Whistleblower Suit on Overbilling of Federal Workers’ Comp Program
Jan 2 2025 // BTW Solutions bills itself as a drug wholesaler and billing service – and as a way for physicians to maximize profits on workers’ compensation and personal-injury-protection patients through the use of topical...
He Saved the Chocolates But Lost His Workers’ Compensation Insurance
Jan 1 2025 // An employee who was injured when rescuing chocolate candies from the heat in his employer-owned delivery truck is not due workers’ compensation benefits. The Virginia Workers’ Compensation Commission (WCC)...
OSHA Cites Contractor It Says Ignored Warnings Before Fatal Trench Collapse
Dec 31 2024 // A federal workplace safety investigation has found a Glenburn, Maine general contractor ignored an onsite expert’s repeated warnings and the company’s own site-specific safety plan prior to an incident in which...
Oregon OSHA Fines Contractor $135K for Repeated Fall Hazard Violations
Dec 27 2024 // The Oregon Occupational Safety and Health Division fined a Newberg contractor $135,407 for repeatedly failing to protect employees from work-related hazards. In one of the violations, View Top Construction LLC reportedly...
Cal/OSHA Cites Animal Services Center $563K After Worker Mauled
Dec 26 2024 // An animal services center has been fined for several worker safety violations, including one in which an employee’s leg was mauled by a dog, requiring hospitalization. The California Division of Occupational Safety...
Alabama Prisoners Work at Stores But Not Eligible for Parole or Workers’ Comp
Dec 23 2024 // DADEVILLE, Ala. (AP) — A storm was looming when the inmate serving 20 years for armed robbery was assigned to transport fellow prisoners to their jobs at private manufacturers supplying goods to companies like Home Depot...
Amazon Agrees to Worker Safety Measures to Settle OSHA Probe
Dec 20 2024 // Amazon.com will implement safety measures at all of its U.S. facilities to settle a federal agency’s claims that it failed to prevent workers from developing back problems and other ergonomic injuries, the agency...
Doctor to Plead Guilty to Bilking $3M from California’s Workers’ Comp Trust Fund
Dec 20 2024 // A physician who worked for an Inland Empire medical company has agreed to plead guilty to conspiring to defraud California’s workers’ compensation trust fund by continuing to work on workers’ comp matters...
OSHA Seeks to Fine Contractor $328K Over Alleged Repeat Fall Hazards at 3 Sites
Dec 18 2024 // Federal workplace safety officials have again cited a New Jersey construction contractor for allegedly repeatedly violating safety requirements at three North Jersey worksites, exposing employees to falls from...
Massachusetts Weighs Workers’ Comp Rate Hike to Correct for ‘Excessive’ 2024 Cut
Dec 18 2024 // Massachusetts workers’ compensation insurers have filed for a 7.1% increase in average rates for industrial classes beginning July 1, 2025 — the first rate increase since 2016. Why an increase in 2025? According to...
