The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) Board of Directors gave employers participating in the Group Experience and Group Retrospective Rating programs more options for improving workplace safety. The change allows employers who’ve had a workplace injury to satisfy some …
Approximately $1.8 million in workers’ compensation dividends will be distributed to policyholders, according to Texas Mutual Insurance Co. Approximately 3,000 new policyholders earned dividends based largely on their workplace safety and claim management records. These dividends represent the final component …
A new report says the number of people dying on the job in Indiana rose to 122 last year from 118 the year before. The Times of Munster and WIBC-FM in Indianapolis say the Indiana Department of Labor released preliminary …
Three experts on mine and workplace safety and health have been selected to research ways to make U.S. coal mines safer. Their appointments announced Monday by Alpha Natural Resources are part of the company’s settlement with the federal government following …
A state office is making hundreds of recommendations to eliminate Michigan workplace safety regulations that exceed federal standards. The report released by the Office of Regulatory Reinvention aims to eliminate what the agency says are duplicative or unnecessarily burdensome rules. …
It’s not uncommon for Troy Collett to feel like he’s playing a game of dodge cars when he’s making a delivery in downtown Florence, Alabama. “I’ve felt the exhaust off the tailpipes (of the cars) many times,” said Collett, a …
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has proposed penalties of $46,935 for Quality Steel Corp. in Cleveland, Miss., where a worked died in 2010 in a forklift accident. OSHA said the propane tank manufacturer was cited for 19 safety violations. …
Transocean Ltd. gave its top executives bonuses for achieving the “best year in safety performance in our company’s history” — despite the explosion of its oil rig that killed 11 people and spilled 200 million gallons (757 million liters) of …