Amazon Workers’ Injury Rate Higher Than Industry Average, Report Says September 30, 2020 By Isabelle Lee Amazon.com Inc. warehouse workers in the U.S. are getting hurt at a higher rate than the industry average, according to...
Worker’s Compensation Rates to Decrease in Idaho for 2021 September 29, 2020 A proposal for a 1.7% overall rate decrease to Idaho workers’ compensation insurance, effective Jan. 1, 2021, has been approved...
Meat Plant Workers Being Denied Workers’ Compensation for COVID-19: Reuters September 29, 2020 By Tom Hals and Tom Polansek Saul Sanchez died in April, one of six workers with fatal COVID-19 infections at meatpacker JBS USA’s slaughterhouse in Greeley,...
Iowa Beef Plant Fine After Coronavirus Outbreak: $957 September 25, 2020 By Ryan J. Foley Iowa regulators have issued their first citation to a meatpacking plant with a large coronavirus outbreak that sickened its workforce...
New York Drywall Installer Arrested for Failing to Provide Workers’ Comp Insurance September 25, 2020 New York State Inspector General Letizia Tagliafierro has announced the arrest of a capital region area drywall installer who allegedly...
Travelers Offers Artificial Intelligence for Companies to Assess Worker Safety September 25, 2020 The Travelers Companies said it has started using artificial intelligence to offer business customers virtual and onsite ergonomic assessments. Travelers...
NTSB: Loose Joint Caused Train Derailment that Killed Man in Texas September 24, 2020 A loose, improperly fastened rail joint led to a 2017 derailment in a North Texas rail switching yard that killed...
Two Wounded in Connecticut Workplace Shooting, Suspect in Custody September 24, 2020 A shooter opened fire and wounded two people outside a Connecticut business Tuesday and was taken into custody at gunpoint...
Purdue Report: 21 Work-Related Deaths on Indiana Farms in 2019 September 23, 2020 Indiana had 21 work-related deaths on farms deaths last year, the fewest number of documented cases since 2013, Purdue University...
California Farm Worker Arraigned for Alleged Workers’ Comp Fraud September 22, 2020 Eduardo Medina Ruelas, 46, of Sanger, Calif., was arraigned this week on multiple counts of felony insurance fraud after allegedly...