Des Moines, IA (WorkersCompensation.com) – A new bill under consideration in Iowa would not only allow younger teens to work in dangerous jobs, but exempt businesses from liability if they get hurt.  The bill, Senate […]

Pine Hills, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) – A reporter, Dylans Lyons, who was covering a homicide in Orange County, Fla., was killed and a photographer, Jesse Walden, injured, when the suspect in the shooting returned to the […]

Chandler, AZ (WorkersCompensation.com) – A weekend conflict between co-workers ended in one person dead, another injured and a third behind bars, police said.  Derrick Lemond Simmons, 50, was arrested Saturday after he attacked his co-workers […]

Paducah, KY (WorkersCompensation.com) – Two workers are dead and one is recovering after being shot by customers this week in separate incidents.   In Paducah, Ky., a hotel worker is dead after a couple denied the […]

Sarasota, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) – A 21-year-old man is dead after falling 13 stories at a Sarasota, Fla., construction site.   In a press release, Sarasota Police Department officials said the man was painting on the 18th […]

Adelaide, Australia (WorkersCompensation.com) – As American fast food workers continue to suffer attacks from customers, other countries are addressing that same issue by beefing up penalties for similar attacks.   In both the United Kingdom and […]

Franklin Township, NJ (WorkersCompensation.com) – A former employee, allegedly disgruntled a disciplinary actions taken against him, shot and killed his supervisor at the PSE&G headquarters Wednesday.  The Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office said Russell Heller, an […]

Half Moon Bay, CA (WorkersCompensation.com) – The suspect in a shooting that left seven farm workers dead last week said he was tired of being bullied by coworkers.   Chunli Zhao, 66, admitted to investigators that […]