December 29, 2022
An administrative law judge has affirmed Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) citations and $24,290 in penalties issued to Eustis Cable Enterprises Ltd., a Brookfield, Vermont, telecommunications contractor, following the death of an employee at an Andover, New York, worksite. …
December 22, 2022
A former bus driver for the Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority (NFTA) has been sentenced to five years of probation for fraudulently obtaining workers’ compensation benefits by misrepresenting her injuries. She must also pay full restitution to the NFTA for money …
December 22, 2022
A 68-year-old man died and another man was taken to the hospital for treatment after an ammonia leak at a food processing facility in Massachusetts, authorities said. Police officers and firefighters went to the plant in Norwood at about 11 …
December 20, 2022
Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey announced that a pharmacy benefits manager, Health E Systems, has agreed to pay $275,000 for allegedly failing to follow prescription pricing procedures that are designed to prevent overcharges in the workers’ compensation insurance system. The …
December 20, 2022
This article has been updated to reflect information from the prosecutor in the case. A Georgia insurance agent has been sentenced to five years in prison after he was convicted of providing fraudulent workers’ compensation coverage certificates while collecting thousands …
December 16, 2022
For the eighth time since 2016, federal safety inspectors say they have found the owner of a Martin roofing company exposing roofers and other workers to the construction industry’s leading cause of death –falls from elevation – by failing to …
December 15, 2022
What is the duty of an insurance broker in New Jersey to members of a limited liability corporation (LLC) when it comes to workers’ compensation coverage? The New Jersey Supreme Court this week ruled that a broker has a “non-waivable” …
December 7, 2022
The New York State Workers’ Compensation Board acted within its authority when it barred a chiropractor accused of taking kickbacks from treating injured workers, a state appellate court ruled Thursday. The Third Department of the Appellate Division affirmed the dismissal …
November 30, 2022
A federal investigation released Monday of a hot steam accident that killed two workers conducting maintenance on a boiler system at a Veterans Affairs hospital in Connecticut substantiates a whistleblower’s allegations that employees did not follow proper protocols to control …
November 30, 2022
It takes seven years to close the vast majority of workers’ compensation claims in California, more than double the time in the median state. The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California released a report detailing duration drivers for California …