by Kelia Scott | Jan 28, 2019 | Workers' Comp News
A case out of Ohio looks the state’s “coming and going rule”, which provides some exceptions to the usual standards. There is a zone of employment exception, where the employer’s premises include areas where the employer has control of the conditions and the employee...
by Kelia Scott | Jan 23, 2019 | Workers' Comp News
The Bureau of Labor Statistics released a survey which reveals that Louisiana had one of the lowest workplace incidence rates among the states for 2017. Louisiana’s rate of non-fatal accidents and injuries has decreased over the past 16 years and has remained one of...
by Kelia Scott | Jan 22, 2019 | Workers' Comp News
An employee at a Montana nursing home who underwent surgery for a compensable right shoulder injury was later found to be eligible for compensation for an overuse injury on her left shoulder. She had been using her left arm more to compensate for her right arm injury....
by Kelia Scott | Jan 21, 2019 | Workers' Comp News
The United States Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) cited a beef processing plant in Nebraska for several process safety management violations after one of their employees suffered serious burns caused by exposure to anhydrous...
by Kelia Scott | Jan 17, 2019 | Workers' Comp News
The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals decided that a contracted linguist who was sent to Iraq to work with the troops was eligible for workers’ compensation benefits for his post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Abdulraouf Abdelmeged worked as a linguist for Global...
