‘Insufficient Support’ Blamed for Collapse of Georgia Courthouse Under Renovation May 4, 2023 Construction crews had placed “insufficient support” beneath part of an upper floor that collapsed during renovations on the 124-year-old federal...
Summit Makes Grimm Senior VP of Claims May 4, 2023 By William Rabb Summit Consulting, a manager of five workers’ compensation insurance companies in the Southeast, has named Robert Darin Grimm senior vice...
Tennessee Lawmakers Approve PTSD Workers’ Comp Presumption for Firefighters May 4, 2023 By William Rabb The Tennessee General Assembly has approved a workers’ compensation presumption that post-traumatic stress disorder is work-related for firefighters, joining several...
Widow Bound by Exclusive Remedy in Band-Saw Fatality, NC Court Finds May 3, 2023 By William Rabb A longtime worker at a North Carolina furniture products company, described as a model employee, died in 2020 under somewhat...
45 Years Ago, the Deadliest Construction Accident in U.S. Killed 51 April 27, 2023 By William Rabb It was 45 years ago today that a huge scaffold system collapsed inside a cooling tower under construction at a...
Uber Eats Driver Slain, Dismembered in Florida After Making Delivery April 27, 2023 By William Rabb A Florida man is charged with murder and other offenses in the slaying and dismemberment of an Uber Eats driver...
Negligence Led to Mississippi Grain Bin Death, OSHA Finds April 25, 2023 A South African teenage farm worker who suffocated to death after falling into a grain storage bin would still be...
NC Work Injury Tort Settles for $5M with Another $5M in Comp Benefits to Come April 25, 2023 By Insurance Journal Staff Reports A laborer in Asheville, North Carolina, working at a hotel construction site, fell through a four-story air conditioning shaft in...
As NCCI Turns 100, a Look at What’s Now, What’s Next for Workers’ Comp April 19, 2023 By Susanne Sclafane Editor’s note: This article first ran in Insurance Journal’s sister publication, Carrier Management, earlier this month. It was written by...
Amazon Worker Injuries Dip Last Year, but Higher Than 2020 April 14, 2023 By Haleluya Hadero Amazon’s total injury rate for warehouse workers took a dip last year, but injuries were still worse than they were...