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Mercury poisoning: Long Island thermometer maker’s workers sickened by unsafe exposures to toxic metal, faces nearly $200K in penalties
Mercury poisoning: Long Island thermometer maker’s workers sickened by unsafe exposures to toxic metal, faces nearly $200K in penalties

Westbury,NY (WorkersCompensation.com) – Federal workplace safety inspectors have cited a thermometer manufacturer for overexposing their employees to mercury at its West Babylon facility. U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration inspectors determined Kessler Thermometer Corp. overexposed […]
US Department of Labor investigation of Del Monte cannery worker’s amputation injury finds company violated federal safety standards
US Department of Labor investigation of Del Monte cannery worker’s amputation injury finds company violated federal safety standards

Plover, WI ( WorkersCompensation.com)  ‒ At a Plover, Wisconsin, Del Monte Foods cannery, a 20-year-old seasonal worker suffered a partial amputation of their finger after attempting to unjam an unguarded palletizer machine, a federal workplace […]
Department of Labor finds LaFayette insulation manufacturer ignored safety standards after investigation of worker's serious head injury
Department of Labor finds LaFayette insulation manufacturer ignored safety standards after investigation of worker's serious head injury

Lafayette,GA (WorkersCompensation.com) – A 21-year-old line operator at a LaFayette, Georgia, insulation manufacturer suffered severe head trauma after being caught in a machine's roller. A U.S. Department of Labor investigation determined that the employer willfully ignored […]
Panel to Discuss the Impact of the Labor Shortage at 2023 WCRI Conference
Panel to Discuss the Impact of the Labor Shortage at 2023 WCRI Conference

Cambridge, MA (WorkersCompensation.com) -  Today, the Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI) shared information about a panel on the “Impact of the Labor Shortage” that will be held at its 2023 WCRI Issues & Research Conference, March […]
US Department of Labor, American Society of Safety Professionals in East Texas partner for better safety, health in the workplace
US Department of Labor, American Society of Safety Professionals in East Texas partner for better safety, health in the workplace

Dallas, TX (WorkersCompensation.com) - Alliance promotes workplace rights, responsibilities of members, Participants:      U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational                                   Safety […]
WCRI Identifies Factors Associated with Extended Use of Physical Medicine Services
WCRI Identifies Factors Associated with Extended Use of Physical Medicine Services

Cambridge, MA (WorkersCompensation.com)  - Extended physical medicine (PM) use was relatively frequent in most study states and less coordination of care was among the key factors associated with a higher likelihood of having extended PM […]
Healthcare Is Focus of New Report in WCIRB Industry Profile Series
Healthcare Is Focus of New Report in WCIRB Industry Profile Series

The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California (WCIRB) has released the next report in its Industry Profile series. This series examines an industry sector in California’s workers’ compensation system and provides insights into key […]
William B. Wallace Appointed to Serve as Deputy Commissioner
William B. Wallace Appointed to Serve as Deputy Commissioner

Raleigh,NC (WorkersCompensation.com) - The Industrial Commission is pleased to announce the appointment of William B. Wallace to serve as a Deputy Commissioner beginning March 13, 2023. Wallace began practicing workers’ compensation law in 1998, and […]