It’s no surprise that pharmaceuticals are one of the leading drivers of workers’ compensation costs in California, but a study issued on Wednesday shows the skyrocketing cost of drug testing is taking a spot as a major cost driver in …
Officials say three workers are dead following an explosion at an abandoned oil well near El Dorado in southern Arkansas. Union County Emergency Manager Jerry Thomas says three workers at Long Brothers Oil Company were taking apart a metal tank …
An Oklahoma workers’ compensation court judge has vacated an order he signed in favor of an attorney he plans to work for after leaving the bench. Judge Kent Eldridge told The Oklahoman in a copyright story that he determined the …
Missouri’s financially troubled fund for injured workers will get no relief from the state Legislature for at least another year. The state Second Injury Fund takes businesses off the hook for paying the claims of workers who have previous injuries …
A manufacturing plant in Illinois faces a fine of $473,000 after a worker died from chemical burns. The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited Raani Corp. for failing to seek emergency medical treatment after a …
Federal regulators have imposed a fine of more than $200,000 against an aluminum products manufacturing facility in Carrollton, Texas, for safety and health violations. The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited Western Extrusions Corp. with …
The New York Compensation Insurance Rating Board (NYCIRB) has submitted to the Department of Financial Services on Thursday a loss-cost filing for an overall average loss cost change of +11.5 percent. The change in loss cost represents the anticipated cost …
Random inspections of U.S. industrial workplaces lower the risk of workers being injured on the job and have no measurable negative effect on the companies inspected, according to a study in the journal Science. Companies chosen for random inspections by …
Two workers were hurt in an explosion at a hydraulic fracturing tank site in south Texas early on Wednesday, a sheriff’s dispatcher said. U.S. workplace safety regulators cited the company that owns the site, Vann Energy Services LLC, three months …
Federal regulators recently proposed fines against a Texas-based cabinet manufacturer over safety and health violations. The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited Zamco Inc., doing business as Concepts in Cabinetry, with 14 safety and health …
