Oklahoma City Not Immune to Black Friday Violence
While this year’s Black Friday shopping madness did not result in trampling deaths as it has in years past, there were still numerous acts of violence related to the year’s biggest retail event....
View ArticleFive Former N.F.L. Players Sue the Chiefs Over Head Injuries
Today's post was shared by The New York Times and comes from www.nytimes.com Five former Kansas City Chiefs sued the team Tuesday for not warning them of the long-term dangers of concussions they say...
View ArticleUS Labor Department seeks public comment on agency standards to improve...
The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration today announced a request for information seeking public comment on potential revisions to its Process Safety Management...
View ArticleOSHA proposes more than $460,000 in fines against Long Island, NY, contractor...
Painting & Decorating Inc., a Ronkonkoma painting and stucco contractor with a long history of fall protection and scaffold safety violations, now faces an additional $460,350 in fines from the...
View ArticleDisruptive Technology
Amazon.com founder and CEO, Jeff Bezos told 60 Minutes correspondent Charlie Rose candidly that eventually the disruptive company that reinvented retail will itself, at some point in time, become the...
View ArticleConstitutional Challenges New and Old, From Florida to Oklahoma
Today's post highlights the slow and tedious battle a contitutional challenge is to a workers' compensation issue. It is shared from flojcc.blogspot.com.There is a value to consistency and...
View ArticleNTSB kicks train union out of crash investigation
Railroad safety continues to be examined following the train crash in New York last week. This post is shared from cnn.com.Repair efforts are under way Tuesday, December 3, at the site of a recent...
View ArticleOhio Dump Truck Driver Driven to Fraud
As so many who commit fraud find out, sooner or later the authorities will catch up with them. A Parma Heights (Cuyahoga County) man was recently sentenced and repaid more than $19,000 to the Ohio...
View ArticleIs Bullying Getting Out of Control?
Is bullying getting out of control? The recent news regarding Miami Dolphins offensive lineman Jonathan Martin quitting after being routinely bullied by fellow teammate Richie Incognito has garnered...
View ArticleCall For Change With NY Work Comp Facing $10 Billion in Death Claims
The highest court in NY recently upheld a long standing rule that death claims in comp are not apportioned. (Hroncich v. Con. Ed.) If a work condition contributes to or accelerates death, however...
View ArticleCoal industry pays lawyers, doctors to lie and let workers to die penniless
Today's post is shared from workerscomphub.orgPhoto by Earl DotterIn a devastating must-read set of reports, the Center for Public Integrity and ABC News describe how coal companies have fought a...
View ArticleNursing Home Workplace Injuries in Massachusetts
The recently released Bureau of Labor Statistics data shows 7.3% of nursing home workers suffered nonfatal injuries or illnesses in the workplace in 2012. This figure was much higher (over 13%) in...
View ArticleNJ Counsel Fee Threshold Raised to $44,000
In a Memorandum issued last week, the Director of the NJ Division of Workers' Compensation announced that the threshold for counsel fees would be raised to $44,000 effective January 1, 2014. The...
View ArticleDiscovery Permitted Without Motion in Medical Provider Claims
Medical Provider Claims (MPC) are now subject to authorized discovery by way of Interrogatories in NJ workers’ compensation claims. The Director and Chief Judge of the NJ Division of Workers’...
View ArticleFlorida Workers' Compensation Question: Who Pays Hospital Bills If My...
Florida's workers' compensation law requires that all hospital, emergency room and ambulance bills that are directly related to, and a result of treatment from, a workplace accident or injury should be...
View ArticleShopping Safely in Homestead
Now that the holiday season is fast approaching, many Homestead residents are heading to local shopping malls and stores with shopping lists firmly in hand. For many, this season is a joyful one, but...
View ArticleAre Train Accidents on the Rise?
In the past few months, there seems to have been a lot of train accidents regarding pedestrians, vehicles, and even the dubbed “ghost train” that left nearly 30 passengers injured in Chicago. At the...
View ArticleFDA issues safety communication on HeartStart automated external...
Certain HeartStart automated external defibrillator (AED) devices made by Philips Medical Systems, a division of Philips Healthcare, may be unable to deliver needed defibrillator shock in a cardiac...
View ArticleThe Affordable Care Act, brought to you by ……… the Republicans!
Many might now welcome a Nixon ticket. Today’s post comes from guest author Jay Causey, from Causey Law Firm. Looking for information in the media that is supportive of the nation’s transition to...
View ArticleMeet the 32 Senate Republicans Who Voted to Continue LGBT Discrimination in...
Today's post was shared by Mother Jones and comes from www.motherjones.comLouie Palu/ZUMA, Jay Mallin/ZUMA, Jeff Cook/ZUMA, Michael Reynolds/ZUMA and Jane Kelly/ShutterstockOn Thursday afternoon, the...
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