OSHA Seeks $1.2M Fine From Demolition Firm in Fatal Boston Garage Collapse September 28, 2022 A heavy equipment operator doing demolition on the eighth floor of the Government Center garage in downtown Boston died on...
Delaware Law Cut Workers’ Compensation Medical Claim Costs by 33%: WCRI September 16, 2022 A Delaware workers’ compensation law passed in 2014 has succeeded in lowering workers’ compensation medical claim costs, new research shows....
New York Revises Compensation Fund, Workers’ Compensation Claims for 9/11 Victims September 12, 2022 Ahead of the 21st anniversary of 9/11, New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed several bills into that that seek to...
Workers’ Comp Insurance Industry Backs CompScience Technology in $6M Seed Round September 9, 2022 By Jahna Jacobson CompScience has found a way to reduce workers compensation risk and cost using artificial intelligence. Not just by the numbers,...
Hartford Insurance Loses Appeal of Loss of Consortium Claim It Labeled a ‘Ploy’ August 31, 2022 By Andrew G. Simpson Hartford Insurance Group has lost an appeal of a $1.45 million injury settlement between an injured employee and third parties...
OSHA Approves Massachusetts Public Sector Worker Safety Plan August 30, 2022 By Andrew G. Simpson The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) recently granted Massachusetts initial approval for a state-run safety...
Prison Officer Gets ‘Assault Pay’ Where Injury Was Not Caused by Direct Violence August 24, 2022 By Andrew G. Simpson A Massachusetts appeals court has ruled that a prison employee is entitled to “assault pay” for an injury even though...
Washington Regulators Fine Wireless Company After Fatal Fall August 23, 2022 Washington state regulators fined a wireless company $12,000 for safety violations after the death of a cellphone tower worker near...
Maryland Court Affirms Limits on Hiring Firm Liability for Contractor Negligence August 16, 2022 By Andrew G. Simpson The mother of a man killed on a Baltimore construction site who was barred by Maryland’s workers’ compensation law from...
OSHA Investigating Deaths of Amazon Workers in New Jersey August 15, 2022 By Haleluya Hadero Federal work-safety investigators are looking into the death of an Amazon worker and an injury that potentially led to the...