May 22, 2023
Crews searching the rubble of a massive construction fire in North Carolina on Friday found the bodies of two people that firefighters couldn’t reach before the flames became too intense. Authorities didn’t identify the victims, but officials said two workers …
May 19, 2023
An employee’s first day of work at a southern New Jersey manufacturing facility ended tragically when he suffered the amputation of three fingers while operating a press brake without required safety guards, similar to violations cited by federal safety investigators …
May 19, 2023
A Virginia man who was denied workers’ compensation benefits for his workplace injury because he apparently used two different names is entitled to have his name on the record corrected and his claim reconsidered, the Virginia Workers’ Compensation Commission (WCC) …
May 18, 2023
The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited a Georgia wood-treating company and its maintenance firm for exposing workers to high levels of arsenic, actions that could result in as much as $180,000 in fines. OSHA opened an investigation …
May 18, 2023
The Department of Justice proposed an amended complaint and consent decree in the District of Maryland that would resolve claims that chicken producer George’s Inc. and George’s Foods conspired with other poultry processors for years to suppress workers’ wages by …
May 17, 2023
A survey from the Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers’ Compensation’s Research and Evaluation Group found that employer subscription in workers’ comp increased to 75% in 2022, up from 72% in 2018. Texas allows employers to decide whether or …
May 16, 2023
Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell’s office reports it has reached a $6.15 million settlement with CVS Pharmacy, Inc. to resolve allegations of overcharging for prescriptions for workers’ compensation patients. Officials allege that the pharmacy failed in some instances to …
May 12, 2023
A South Central Washington irrigation district is facing stiff fines for not protecting workers from the dangers of trenching the second time this year. The Sunnyside Valley Irrigation District is tasked with delivering irrigation water to landowners in Yakima and …
May 10, 2023
Disney on Monday amended its free speech lawsuit against Gov. Ron DeSantis to add recent developments in the tit-for-tat fight between the entertainment giant and the Florida governor, such as a new law granting the state unprecedented authority to inspect …
May 9, 2023
Officials from pharmaceutical manufacturer Seqens and the city of Newburyport, Massachusetts are waiting on insurance adjusters to show before beginning demolition and cleanup at the Seqens facility where a worker was killed in an explosion last week. The city has …