by Kelia Scott | Dec 3, 2019 | Workers' Comp News
Two separate explosions, thirteen hours apart, left three workers injured at a Texas chemical plant last week. The TPC Group plant makes chemical and petroleum-based products. The explosions blew out windows and doors of homes nearby and prompted a mandatory...
by Kelia Scott | Dec 2, 2019 | Workers' Comp News
Last week an explosion at a Dippin’ Dots production facility in McCracken County, KY injured four workers. The CEO of Dippin’ Dots, Scott Fischer, said that the explosion occurred in a production area around 10 p.m. but could not comment on the cause of the blast. All...
by Kelia Scott | Nov 21, 2019 | Workers' Comp News
Florida Insurance Commissioner David Altmaier has issued a final order granting approval to the National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI) to reduce Florida’s workers’ compensation rates by 7.5 percent. This will take effect January 1, 2020 and apply to both...
by Kelia Scott | Nov 20, 2019 | Workers' Comp News
California’s Department of Industrial Relations and Division of Workers’ Compensation released a report this week on the progress of their Independent Medical Review program. The report says treatment request denials for 2018 in the state’s comp system were overturned...
by Kelia Scott | Nov 19, 2019 | Workers' Comp News
A Florida Appellate Court found that a Florida Judge of Compensation Claims had made an error when they determined a claimant had reached maximum medical improvement (MMI) based on an Expert Medical Advisor’s (EMA) answer to one hypothetical question that came up in a...
