OSHA Now Accepting 2020 Workplace Injury Submissions Through March 2 January 4, 2021 The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is reminding employers that the agency will begin collecting calendar year 2020 workplace...
Maine High Court Finds Aquaculture Worker Covered by State Workers’ Comp January 4, 2021 An aquaculture worker who got hurt tending to salmon raised in offshore pens is covered under state law, but not...
CNA Transfers $690M of Excess Workers’ Compensation Business to Enstar Subsidiary January 4, 2021 Commercial lines insurer CNA Financial Corp. and Enstar on Dec. 30, 2020 said they had reached an agreement to have...
Farms Were the Deadliest Workplaces in Montana Last Year December 30, 2020 An annual report made public by the Montana Department of Labor and Industry has shown that 2019 was slightly more...
Former N.Y. Corrections Officer Pleads Guilty to Stealing Unearned Wages December 29, 2020 A former New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision (DOCCS) officer has pled guilty to forging paperwork falsely...
California Cleaning Company Owner Charged in $700K Workers’ Comp Scheme December 28, 2020 Jorge Gerardo Maldonado, 55, of Sacramento, Calif., was charged with three felony counts of insurance fraud after allegedly underreporting payroll...
Workplace Fatalities Increased By 25% in Texas in 2019 December 22, 2020 The number of work-related fatalities in Texas rose by 25% in 2019. A report on fatal occupational injuries in 2019...
Michigan’s AF Group Makes Executive Changes in Workers’ Comp Division December 22, 2020 AF Group, based in Lansing, Mich., has made several executive appointments and promotions within its Workers’ Compensation division. Michelle McLane,...
California Workers’ Comp Written Premium Down 12% over 9 Months of 2020 December 18, 2020 Workers’ compensation written premium in California for the first nine months of 2020 was 12% below that for the first...
Worker Dead After Fall at Michigan Sugar Beet Processing Plant December 18, 2020 A man who was helping clean a chute at a sugar beet processing plant in Michigan’s Thumb region fell about...