RIMS 2016: Wearable Tech, Automated Vehicles Dominate Insurance Horizon April 12, 2016 By Don Jergler Imagine sitting at your desk writing a quote for an insurance policy and suddenly the lapel of your coat begins...
RIMS 2016: Employee vs. Contractor Debate to Become Even Hotter April 11, 2016 By Don Jergler The employee vs. contractor debate has the potential to have a major impact on the insurance industry, according to a...
California Workers’ Comp Committee Votes for Lower Mid-Year Filing April 6, 2016 The governing committee of the California Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau voted unanimously on Wednesday to authorize the WCIRB to...
Oklahoma Safety Campaign Aimed at Protecting Road Workers April 6, 2016 State transportation officials are launching a public safety campaign to reduce the number of road workers killed and injured each...
California Court Says Employers Can’t Deny Workers Seats April 6, 2016 By Sudhin Thanawala Employers cannot deny a worker a place to sit just because they prefer the person stand, and they must consider...
OSHA: No Reinforced Walls in Deadly Ohio Trench Collapse April 1, 2016 The Occupational Safety and Health Administration says inspectors probing a construction site where a worker was killed this week found...
Security Worker Dies, Possibly from Nitrogen Exposure, in Ohio Steel Plant March 25, 2016 A security worker at a steel plant in Ohio may have died from nitrogen exposure, federal investigators said. The Occupational...
Survey: NW Arkansas Companies Seek to Hire Thousands, Expand Rapidly March 21, 2016 A regional employer survey suggests that northwest Arkansas companies want to create more than 3,100 jobs and invest more than...
July Explosion Leads to OSHA Fine for New Mexico Pot Business March 18, 2016 A medical marijuana dispensary in New Mexico has been fined for safety violations after an explosion badly burned two workers....
Wrongful Death Suit Filed in Washington Man’s Excavator Death March 18, 2016 A wrongful death lawsuit has been filed on behalf of a man who was killed when the excavator he was...