The amputation of a 21-year-old temporary worker’s six fingers was preventable if his South Elgin employer had installed proper safety guards to keep the operator’s hands out of the metal press’ danger zone, federal inspectors found.

Liberty Mutual has introduced smart video technology to help enhance communications with injured workers and improve outcomes in its workers’ compensation line.

While drawing workers’ compensation and claiming he was reliant on a wheelchair, the Broward Sheriff’s deputy appeared to be able-bodied when an investigation company captured him on surveillance video driving, running errands and shopping at a mall, records show.

A 58-year-old Hatfield Borough man is facing three felony criminal counts for alleged insurance fraud after Montgomery County authorities said he was seen playing drums with his band despite claiming he could barely lift his arms after a purported injury for which he was receiving regular worker’s compensation payments, court documents indicate.

A three-alarm fire is out at an apartment complex in Dallas. The fire broke out Friday afternoon inside a three-story building at the Carrollton Park Apartments on Kelly Boulevard.

A farm worker overcome by fumes while loading pig manure onto a truck in Ohio; a convenience store clerk shot during an attempted robbery in New Jersey. Both men are among the 150 job-related fatalities in the U.S. every day, many of which federal regulators say are preventable.

Workers’ compensation reforms are paying off in Texas, where costs per claim are falling, even as wages are rising.
The per-capita average of $30,313 for combined medical, indemnity and benefit expenses is 23 percent lower than the $39,273 median cost in the 17 other states studied by the Workers Compensation Research Institute.

Cellphone video captured the fiery scene after a small plane crashed into a house Monday afternoon in Pompano Beach, injuring a flight instructor and two students on board.