New Orleans Jury Awards $16M to 4 Workers for 2013 Plant Explosion November 21, 2016 Four workers injured in a deadly 2013 petrochemical plant explosion in south Louisiana have been awarded a total of $16...
Pinnacol in Colorado to Drop Workers’ Comp Rates in 2017 November 21, 2016 Pinnacol Assurance’s board of directors has approved a 2017 decrease in workers’ compensation rates that will average 3.2 percent for...
Safety Violations at Ohio Glass Facility Rack Up $227K in Fines November 21, 2016 Workers began making multiple complaints of unsafe working conditions at the Fuyao Glass America Inc. facility in Moraine, Ohio, not...
DIR: California Independent Medical Review Shows Improvements November 16, 2016 A California Department of Industrial Relations progress report shows continuing improvement of the state’s Independent Medical Review process. IMR is...
Affordable Care Act Does Not Crowd Out Workers’ Compensation Claimants: NCCI Research November 15, 2016 By Andrew G. Simpson New industry research has found that while the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) has dramatically increased the number...
Nebraska Grain Facility Fined Nearly $527K over Worker’s Death November 15, 2016 Federal safety regulators have proposed nearly $527,000 in penalties against the operators of a northeast Nebraska grain facility where a...
Injured Transit Worker Awarded $2.5M in 2012 Chicago Train Crash November 14, 2016 A jury has ruled the city of Chicago must pay nearly $2.5 million to a Chicago Transit Authority train operator...
Will Legal Weed in California Increase Demand for It from Injured Workers? November 10, 2016 By Don Jergler Just how legalized weed in California will impact workers’ compensation is still uncertain, but what is certain is that the...
Arkansas Company Fined Nearly $125K for Repeat Workplace Hazards November 9, 2016 Federal safety officials have cited Bekaert Corp. in Van Buren, Arkansas, after an employee suffered an amputation while trying to...
Medical Care Readily Accessible for Injured Employees in Texas, Study Shows November 9, 2016 Access to medical care for injured workers has greatly improved in Texas over the past 15 years, a study commissioned...