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DIR Suspends 178 Medical Providers From The Workers’ Compensation System This Year
DIR Suspends 178 Medical Providers From The Workers’ Compensation System This Year

Sacremento,CA(WorkersCompensation.com) - The Department of Industrial Relations’ Division of Workers’ Compensation (DIR/DWC) and DIR’s Anti-Fraud Unit suspended 178 medical providers during the first eight months of 2022. Providers are suspended from the workers’ compensation system […]
NSC Expands Multi-sector Advisory Group to Help Prevent Most Common Workplace Injury
NSC Expands Multi-sector Advisory Group to Help Prevent Most Common Workplace Injury

Washington,DC(WorkersCompensation.com) – Building on its global efforts to prevent musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs), the most common workplace injury, the National Safety Council today appointed 12 new members to the MSD Solutions Lab Advisory Council. Formed last December as […]
NJDOL Completes Extensive Inspection Program Along the Jersey Shore to Increase Beach Worker Safety
NJDOL Completes Extensive Inspection Program Along the Jersey Shore to Increase Beach Worker Safety

Trenton,NJ (WorkersCompensation.com) – Throughout July and August, the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development (NJDOL) led an expansive effort to inspect and provide beach safety assessments to beach patrols along the state’s coastline […]
US Department Of Labor Finds Chicago Area Candymaker Again Exposes Workers To Amputation From Machine Hazards At Bellwood Facility
US Department Of Labor Finds Chicago Area Candymaker Again Exposes Workers To Amputation From Machine Hazards At Bellwood Facility

Bellwood,IL(WorkersCompensation.com) – A federal workplace safety inspection found a Chicago-area candy manufacturer’s long history of violations for machine safety requirements continues after the company exposed workers to amputation hazards and failed to utilize lockout procedures for the […]
US Deparetment Of Labor Urges Midwest Employers To Emphasize Lawn Worker Safety After Lawn Mower Roll Over Deaths In Nebraska, Missouri
US Deparetment Of Labor Urges Midwest Employers To Emphasize Lawn Worker Safety After Lawn Mower Roll Over Deaths In Nebraska, Missouri

Kansas City, MO(WorkersCompensation.com) – In two incidents in September, Midwest workers operating riding mowers suffered fatal injuries when the machines rolled over on top of them, prompting the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration to […]
Pressure Building for Another Decennial Workers' Comp Reform
Pressure Building for Another Decennial Workers' Comp Reform

Camarillo,CA(WorkCompAcademy) - Annually, California employers spend more than $15 billion for insurance to cover work comp claims, not counting billions more that large employers set aside in self-insurance funds for their state-mandated coverage. That’s big […]
DA Drops Charges In Premium Fraud Case – In 4th Week of Jury Trial
DA Drops Charges In Premium Fraud Case – In 4th Week of Jury Trial

Sacremento,CA( WorkCompAcademy) - Charges have been dropped against three people accused of defrauding the state’s compensation insurance fund to save more than $127,000 in workers’ compensation insurance premiums. El Dorado Superior Court Judge Mark Ralphs dismissed […]
US Department Of Labor Cites Ashland Cabinet Manufacturer After 33 Year Old Technician Suffers Fatal Electrocution
US Department Of Labor Cites Ashland Cabinet Manufacturer After 33 Year Old Technician Suffers Fatal Electrocution

Ashland,AL(WorkersCompensation.com) – A federal workplace safety investigation into a maintenance technician’s fatal electrocution found an Ashland cabinet manufacturer might have prevented the incident by following required safety standards. U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health […]

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