The New York State Workers’ Compensation Board has proposed new regulations to improve the medical treatment guidelines adopted in 2010. The proposed regulations, announced last week, aim to expedite the best medical care for injured workers and reduce medical costs. …
U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited Vann Energy Services LLC in Nixon, Texas, with 13 safety and health violations including two willful and three repeat for exposing workers to flash fires and other hazards. Proposed …
It’s been nearly two months since someone gunned down a convenience-store clerk during an attempted robbery, and Pine Bluff, Ark., police investigators are still searching for the shooter. A security-camera system inside the store malfunctioned. Authorities said the investigation, which …
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited utility company Missouri American Water for two willful safety violations following the May 16, 2012, death of a worker. Proposed penalties total $140,000. The worker suffered fatal injuries …
Williams & Davis Boilers Inc.in Hutchins, Texas, has been cited for repeat, willful and serious safety hazards violations and fined $131,670, federal regulators say. The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited the company with nine …
Texas Mutual Insurance Co. t it is distributing approximately $1.8 million in workers’ compensation dividends. Approximately 3,000 new policyholders earned dividends based largely on their workplace safety and claim management records. These dividends represent the final component of Texas Mutual’s …
A South Carolina man has been ordered to repay the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) more than $140,000 for holding several jobs and concealing earnings while receiving permanent disability benefits, BWC announced. Joseph Curto of Conway, S.C., pleaded guilty …
Despite reform attempts, Oklahoma’s workers’ compensation insurance rates continue to be among the most expensive in the country, according to a recent study. The Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services’ biennial study ranks workers’ compensation rates in all 50 …
The troubled workers’ compensation line of business got a break in 2011 as employment and payrolls stabilized and overall net premiums written increased by 10 percent, according to an A.M. Best report. However, A.M. Best said it expects that profitability …
Private industry workplaces in Texas reported a total of 196,642 nonfatal injuries and illnesses during 2011, an incidence rate of 2.7 cases per 100 equivalent full-time workers, which was unchanged from the previous year, according to the Texas Department of …
