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OSHA Announces New Plan to Address Workplace Safety in 2023: What it Means for Your Business
OSHA Announces New Plan to Address Workplace Safety in 2023: What it Means for Your Business

Tampa,FL( WorkersCompensation.com) - The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) recently released new enforcement guidance in an effort to help protect workers, target employers who may put profit over safety, and to hold employers to […]
DWC Posts Fee Schedule Adjustments for Hospital Outpatient Departments/Ambulatory Surgical Centers
DWC Posts Fee Schedule Adjustments for Hospital Outpatient Departments/Ambulatory Surgical Centers

Sacremento,CA (WorkersCompensation.com) - The Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) has posted adjustments to the Hospital Outpatient Departments and Ambulatory Surgical Centers section of the Official Medical Fee Schedule (OMFS) to conform to changes in the […]
DIR, DWC Release Independent Medical Review (IMR) Report for 2021
DIR, DWC Release Independent Medical Review (IMR) Report for 2021

Sacremento,CA (WorkersCompensation.com) - The Department of Industrial Relations (DIR) and its Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) have posted an annual report on the Department’s Independent Medical Review (IMR) program. IMR is the medical dispute resolution […]
Sioux Falls contractor’s history of federal safety violations continues with workers endangered on 2 different sites in 2 days
Sioux Falls contractor’s history of federal safety violations continues with workers endangered on 2 different sites in 2 days

Sioux Falls,SD (WorkersCompensation.com) ‒ Employees working for the same local contractor at two different Sioux Falls locations avoided tragedy after facing potentially deadly electrocution and trench cave-in hazards. On Aug. 18, 2022, inspectors with the U.S. Department […]
US Department of Labor, Missouri Association of Manufacturers renew alliance to target workplace hazards, keep workers safe
US Department of Labor, Missouri Association of Manufacturers renew alliance to target workplace hazards, keep workers safe

St.Louis,MO( WorkersCompensation.com) Background: In Missouri, OSHA Area Office Directors Karena Lorek in Kansas City and William McDonald in St. Louis signed an alliance renewal on Dec. 29, 2022, with Missouri Association of Manufacturers Executive Director Michael […]
Bentonia contractor could have prevented deadly Flora explosion, death of 25-year-old welder, US Department of Labor investigation finds
Bentonia contractor could have prevented deadly Flora explosion, death of 25-year-old welder, US Department of Labor investigation finds

Jackson,MS(WorkersCompensation.com) – Federal investigators have determined that the employer of a 25-year-old welder – who suffered fatal injuries in an explosion at a Flora work site in July 2022 – could have prevented the tragedy […]
Noted Labor Economist David Autor to Keynote 2023 WCRI Conference
Noted Labor Economist David Autor to Keynote 2023 WCRI Conference

Cambridge, MA (WorkersCompensation.com) ― The Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI) announced today that acclaimed MIT economist David Autor will keynote the 2023 WCRI Issues & Research Conference, March 21-22 at the Renaissance Phoenix Downtown in Phoenix, […]
US Department of Labor finds three employers’ safety failures contributed to 31-year-old laborer’s fatal fall at Tallahassee work site in August 2022
US Department of Labor finds three employers’ safety failures contributed to 31-year-old laborer’s fatal fall at Tallahassee work site in August 2022

Tallahassee,FL (WorkersCompensation.com) - Three construction contractors might have prevented the death of a 31-year-old laborer who suffered fatal injuries after falling while installing roof trusses at a Tallahassee work site on Aug. 17, 2022, a […]