OSHA Cites Georgia Wood Treating, Maintenance Firm for Arsenic Exposure May 18, 2023 The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited a Georgia wood-treating company and its maintenance firm for exposing workers...
NCCI Names Fick New Board Chairman, Elects Other Board Members May 11, 2023 The National Council on Compensation Insurance has elected Brandon Fick as its new board chairman, replacing Lisa Corless. Fick is...
NCCI Symposium: Strong Profits for Workers’ Comp, but Medical Still a Concern May 10, 2023 By William Rabb While the property/casualty insurance industry overall may have seen a slight loss in profitability in 2022, workers’ compensation continues to...
Light Duty or Scheme to Avoid Workers’ Comp Claim? Florida Appeals Court to Decide May 9, 2023 By William Rabb Most people will be familiar with the posters at workplaces noting the number of days since a lost-time work injury....
Two Workers at Michigan Plant Hurt After One Falls Into Lye May 8, 2023 GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) – Two workers were being treated for chemical burns Friday after one fell into a vat...
Five Hurt After Fire at Houston-Area Petrochemical Plant May 8, 2023 By Acacia Coronado and Juan Lozano HOUSTON (AP) – Fire erupted at a petrochemical plant in the Houston area Friday, leaving five workers hospitalized and sending...
‘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...