by Kelia Scott | Jul 17, 2019 | Workers' Comp News
The United States Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) cited the Jacksonville Zoo after one of their zookeepers was seriously injured by a rhinoceros. OSHA launched an inspection and determined the Florida zoo was exposing workers...
by Kelia Scott | Jul 17, 2019 | Workers' Comp News
The Court of Appeals of Kansas rejected an argument from an employer that injuries arising from all neutral risks are no longer compensable. The employer had been fighting the compensability of a housekeeper’s injuries after she fell twice at the hospital she worked...
by Kelia Scott | Jul 17, 2019 | Workers' Comp News
Washington’s Safety & Health Assessment & Research for Prevention (SHARP) Program released a report that shows workplace safety inspections and consultations continue to do their part to reduce workers’ comp claims in the state. Since 2002 the SHARP program...
by Kelia Scott | Jul 12, 2019 | Workers' Comp News
The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) released new tactics for managing potentially hazardous chemicals that would help protect workers by assigning them into categories, or “bands”. Many chemicals do not have occupational exposure limits...
by Kelia Scott | Jul 11, 2019 | Workers' Comp News
California’s Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau (WCIRB) released their report on workers’ compensation losses and expenses in 2018. Medical payments and losses declined slightly from last year’s report. In 2018, $4.6 billion, or 55 percent of total loss...
