by Kelia Scott | Aug 15, 2019 | Workers' Comp News
According to a report released from the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics, fatalities among independent workers account for almost 12 percent of all workplace deaths in 2016-2017 and independent workers have a disproportionately higher share of fatalities due...
by Kelia Scott | Aug 14, 2019 | Workers' Comp News
A manufacturer in Pennsylvania must pay back wages and damages to two employees who cooperated with Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) investigators when a co-worker lost part of a finger in an accident at the plant. A district judge for the U.S....
by Kelia Scott | Aug 12, 2019 | Workers' Comp News
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) cited Missouri Cooperage Company LLC, a subsidiary of Independent Stave Company, after they exposed workers to amputation, noise and other hazards at their spirits and wine barrel-making facility in Lebanon,...
by Kelia Scott | Aug 8, 2019 | Workers' Comp News
The Labor Department clarified a policy change that would impact the amount of opioid prescriptions federal workers can receive after an injury. The policy will begin this fall and will restrict opioid-based painkiller prescriptions to newly-prescribed patients. They...
by Kelia Scott | Aug 7, 2019 | Workers' Comp News
The Tennessee Supreme Court’s Special Workers’ Compensation Appeals Panel ruled that a residential treatment facility employee was entitled to benefits for an injury he sustained while trying to restrain a patient. His employer claims he violated their policy on...
