A tank at a packaging plant exploded in DeRidder this morning, killing three contractors and injuring at least seven, according to State Police.

Several performers rehearsing for the final act of a circus show in Florida suddenly lost their balance on the tightrope and fell some 25 feet on Wednesday, officials confirmed, calling the plunge "a tragedy."

Two construction workers fell between 40 and 50 feet on the Ross Island Bridge Wednesday morning, suffering serious injuries and requiring a dramatic rescue by Portland firefighters.

The rise of the on-demand or “gig” economy creates new safety challenges for workers in the growing employment sector and raises questions about how to ensure they are covered if they are injured while working.

It’s a topic that gets much buzz — how will the cloud of legislation surrounding recreational and medical marijuana use affect businesses, specifically when it comes to compensability for workers’ compensation?

In a typical workers’ compensation claim, the burden of proving that the injury was work-related lies with the claimant. For Florida firefighters who are diagnosed with a few specific types of cancer, the burden of proof is about to shift to the employer.

A foundry worker’s failure to provide an adequate urine sample in a post-injury drug test does not constitute a refusal to comply with the company’s drug testing policy for workers compensation claims, the Kansas Court of Appeals has ruled.

One person was killed and another seriously injured in a crash involving two tractor-trailers Wednesday, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

Putting the injured worker first is key to the “advocacy-based claims model,” which puts the worker at the center of all activity. “It focuses on improving the injured worker’s experience. Until now, most employers have focused on corporate outcomes.

New York State Inspector General Catherine Leahy Scott today announced the indictment and arrest of a Kentucky woman accused of stealing nearly $40,000 in Worker’s’ Compensation benefits meant for the woman’s long-deceased mother, a former Orange-Ulster BOCES employee.

A U.S. District Court judge has dismissed an insurer’s request to forgo payment of workers compensation benefits for an undocumented landscaper’s injury.

Governor Bill Walker introduced legislation today that would streamline Alaska’s workers’ compensation program while protecting workers’ rights.

North Dakota House lawmakers voted 81-9 Monday, Jan. 23, to prevent workers’ compensation from paying for medical marijuana. House Bill 1156 was introduced in response to the measure approved by voters last November that legalizes medical marijuana in North Dakota for defined medical conditions.

A Humboldt County medical marijuana company has sued a local insurance agent for fraud and embezzlement, alleging that it gave the agent $50,000 to buy a workers’ compensation policy that was never delivered.

An unimaginable tragedy struck in a small community of a few dozen homes on Long Key Road in the Florida Keys Monday morning, when three workers from a private contractor tasked with fixing a roadway climbed into a hole in the ground and, ultimately, to their deaths.