Cincinnati Woman Stole Workers’ Comp Benefits From Disabled Mother To Fuel Drug Habit

A Cincinnati woman who stole her disabled mother’s workers’ compensation benefits to support her drug habit must pay $26,170 in restitution to her mother and the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC), a Hamilton County Common Pleas judge ruled.
November 16, 2016 Workers' Compensation Ohio

Training Could Have Prevented Tree Service Worker’s Death on His First Day

A wood chipper and an Upstate New York employer’s failure to provide safety training combined to make a 23-year-old worker’s first day on the job his tragic last, an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has found.
November 15, 2016 Liability Workers' Compensation New York

Worker Dies After Wall of Corn Debris Collapses

Working to clear crusted corn from the sides of a grain bin, a 52-year-old maintenance employee found himself engulfed in hundreds of pounds of grain, just minutes after the wall of corn collapsed and buried him.
November 14, 2016 Liability Workers' Compensation Nebraska

Telecommunication Worker Electrocuted In Illinois

A telecommunications company worker was electrocuted while working on a utility pole Tuesday on 23rd and Locust streets.
Another worker, Jordan R.M. Zulauf, 23, of West Chicago, was injured and airlifted to OSF Saint Anthony Medical Center in Rockford, where he was in critical condition.
November 10, 2016 Workers' Compensation Illinois

Kentucky’s Fraud Division Reaps Big Returns In Restitution Payments

The amount of court-ordered restitution payments for insurance fraud in Kentucky has increased by 800% this year, the Fraud Division of the Kentucky Department of Insurance (DOI) has said.
November 7, 2016 Auto Fraud Liability Workers' Compensation Kentucky

Coal Miners’ Families Sue Johns Hopkins Over Disability Determinations

After shutting down its "black lung" program more than a year ago, Johns Hopkins Hospital is under fire for claims it didn’t follow federal guidelines in determining hundreds of coal miners were not qualified for disability benefits.
November 3, 2016 Litigation Workers' Compensation Maryland

Excavator Strikes Alabama Gasoline Pipeline, Causing Fatal Explosion

For the second time in two months, a pipeline that supplies gasoline to millions of people was shut down, raising the specter of another round of gas shortages and price increases.
November 1, 2016 Excess & Surplus Lines Workers' Compensation Alabama

Deadly Collision In Baltimore Between MTA Bus, School Bus

Frederick Avenue is closed in Southwest Baltimore after a school bus and commuter bus collided early Tuesday.
November 1, 2016 Excess & Surplus Lines Liability Workers' Compensation Maryland

Workers’ Comp Program Most Costly In Los Angeles, California

The WCIRB expands its research on regional differences in California workers’ compensation claim costs and frequency with the release of its second report, the 2016 Study of Geographic Differences in California Workers’ Compensation Claim Costs.
October 28, 2016 Workers' Compensation California

Racketeering Charges Detail Scam To Defraud Workers’ Comp Fund

A chain of Cleveland area medical clinics that specialize in treating injured workers, its former co-owner and a doctor who worked there have been indicted on criminal racketeering charges.
October 27, 2016 Fraud Workers' Compensation Ohio

Florida Worker Dies From High-Rise Scaffolding Collapse

A man painting a mural on the side of a Hollywood Beach high-rise under construction was killed Monday and another painter was critically injured in the second South Florida scaffolding collapse in just under a week.
October 25, 2016 Excess & Surplus Lines Workers' Compensation Florida

Surveillance Reveals Claimant Worked While Collecting Disability Benefits

A recreational vehicle salesman who claimed he couldn’t work because of an on-the-job injury has been ordered to pay back more than $81,000 in state disability benefits.
October 24, 2016 Fraud Workers' Compensation Washington

Several Hurt By Scaffolding Collapse At Miami Construction Site

One person died and multiple people were hurt after scaffolding fell from a high-rise building under construction in Miami’s Brickell neighborhood Wednesday afternoon, officials said.
October 20, 2016 Auto Excess & Surplus Lines Liability Subrogation Workers' Compensation Florida

Pilot Program Speeds Dispute Resolution For Texas DWC

The Texas Division of Workers’ Compensation is taking a promising pilot program statewide to help simplify and speed resolution of some disputes.
October 18, 2016 Risk Management Workers' Compensation Texas

Explosion Injures Techs Repairing Gas Leak, Destroys Townhomes

Authorities say a natural gas explosion and fire at a townhouse complex in suburban Chicago has injured two utility workers.
The explosion in Romeoville was reported Tuesday evening.
October 12, 2016 Property Subrogation Workers' Compensation Illinois
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