Miners Tell Trump Silica Dust Rule ‘Desperately’ Needed to Curb Black Lung Disease June 7, 2019 By Jan Pytalski The head of the national coal miners’ union on Thursday urged the Trump administration to impose regulation on silica dust...
Washington Proposes Changes to Safety Rules for Refinery Workers June 5, 2019 Washington state officials are working to revise regulations that aim to keep oil refinery workers safe. The Skagit Valley Herald...
Role of Workplace Hazards in Most Lung Diseases Is Overlooked: Researchers June 5, 2019 More than 1 in 10 people with a range of non-cancerous lung diseases may be sick as a result of...
Digital Workers’ Compensation Agency Pie Enters 5 More States June 4, 2019 Pie Insurance said it has been approved to sell workers’ compensation insurance in Delaware, Indiana, Nevada, South Carolina and Virginia....
Increasing Physician Prices Doesn’t Produce Better Results for Injured Workers May 29, 2019 By Jim Sams When the price of physician services increases relative to group health rates, injured workers report fewer problems getting the care...
Worker Seriously Injured at Massachusetts Construction Site May 28, 2019 A worker has been seriously injured at a construction site in Lynn, Mass. Lynn Deputy Fire Chief Arthur Richard says...
New Hampshire Governor Signs Workplace Safety Bill May 22, 2019 New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu was surrounded by the family of a deceased highway department worker as he signed a...
WCRI: Average Total Cost of Penn. Workers’ Comp Claims Highest of Studied States May 22, 2019 The average total cost of a Pennsylvania workers’ compensation claim is among the highest of 18 states studied, with litigation...
Company Cited, Fined $106K After Employees Injured in Nebraska Trench Collapse May 22, 2019 Federal safety officials cited an excavation company after two employees suffered serious injuries when a trench collapsed at a construction...
Direct Written Premium Fell in California Workers’ Comp System in 2018 May 20, 2019 Total direct written premium in the California workers’ compensation system fell for the second consecutive year in 2018, declining 3.8...