Global Occupational Safety and Health Project Funded for $10.5M
The money will go to a technical cooperation project from the International Labor Organization.
Manitoba WCB Highlights Grant Workplace Safety Winners
The Workers Compensation Board of Manitoba (WCB) announced the recipients of eight grants in support of projects that will help keep Manitoba (Canada) workers safe and recover from workplace injuries. The funding is part of the WCB’s Research and Workplace Innovation Program (RWIP). This year’s initiatives range from injury prevention projects, to scientific research projects, and health and safety training for newcomers to Manitoba’s workforce. “The Research and Workplace Innovation Program signifies our commitment to ensuring healthier and safer Manitoba workplaces now and into the future,” said WCB President and CEO Winston Maharaj. “By funding scientific research we are expanding our knowledge of workplace injuries, illness and diseases.” The RWIP makes available $1 million each year to fund high-quality scientific …
OSHA and NCTE Form Alliance to Protect Safety, Health of Transgender Workers
The alliance allows OSHA to speak, exhibit and appear at events sponsored by the NCTE.
Success Fees and Noise Induced Hearing Loss – Say that Again?
Judgment has now been handed down by Mr Justice Phillips in conjoined cases, Dalton and Others –v- British Telecommunications plc [2015] EWHC 616 (QB) At stake was the preliminary issue as to whether NIHL/tinnitus is to be treated as an injury or a disease, for the purposes of calculating fixed success fees under the former part 45 of the Civil Procedure Rules. The Defendant submitted that the court had to consider the “natural and ordinary” meaning of the word “disease”. The CPR contains no definition therefore the word simply had to be applied in the context of a claim for NIHL/tinnitus. The Claimant submitted that the court should consider a considerable body of material in order to construe “disease” more widely to include the condition of…
Washington State L&I Cites Business After Worker’s Death
The death of an employee at one business in the Pacific Northwest has meant significant ramifications for one business owner. The Department of Labor & Industries (L&I) has cited an Everett company for multiple safety violations related to the death of a worker last July. Nineteen-year-old Bradley Hogue was killed by a rotating auger while working inside the hopper of a bark-blower truck at a Duvall home. Pacific Topsoils has been cited for two willful and 14 serious violations, with penalties totaling $199,000. The employer has also been identified as a severe violator and will be subject to follow-up inspections to determine if the conditions still exist in the future. “The loss of this young man’s life is a tragedy that could have …
Overall Drug Trend For Workers’ Compensation Increased 1.9{9c067c25ed205f086ce6001901eb13dfadc688a7aefab9f64e0c55b8c5a55872}
Steven Webb, President, Workers’ Compensation, Express Scripts …on the need for a team approach to opioid management There’s no silver bullet to manage the safety and cost concerns associated with opioid use. At Express Scripts, we help payers fire on all cylinders. For example, our Morphine Equivalent Dose Management Program is a real-time safety check to prevent abuse or misuse of opioids before medication is dispensed. We also have a program in place to communicate directly with the injured worker upon their first opioid fill. And we collaborate with claims staff and prescribing physicians through various tools and communications to ensure comprehensive visibility into the injured workers’ prescription histories. When payers proactively arm themselves with tools that hit every touch point, they help ensure safe and …
Grumpy Cat and the Health Wonks
Steve Anderson hosted the Health Wonk Review this week at Medicare Resources, and it’s not to be missed. It features Grumpy Cat, but despite the grumpy theme, you might just LOL. And ponder something that “could turn your frown that was upside down back the way it was” One of my favorites in this edition […] The post Grumpy Cat and the Health Wonks appeared first on Colorado Health Insurance Insider – Colorado Health Insurance Insider – No cost assistance, quotes, research and support.
It’s Fundamentally Dishonest (or is it?)
The new rule on fundamental dishonesty in personal injury actions came quietly into force on the 13th April under s57 of the Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015. Little has been said by the judiciary about this new rule and Claimants and their lawyers may well be carrying on their business as before. “Fundamental dishonesty” first arose in the new CPR 44.16, so that Claimants who were found to be ‘fundamentally dishonest’ lost the protection of QOCS. But what exactly has changed under the new rule? The court can now find that a Claimant has been fundamentally dishonest in relation to “the primary claim or a related claim”. Where such a finding is made, the court must dismiss the primary claim, unless it can be satisfied that the Claimant…
Tech’s Next Big Legal Clash Will Be Over Selling Insurance – Wired
WiredTech's Next Big Legal Clash Will Be Over Selling InsuranceWiredIn just two short years, it's faced opposition from insurance industry regulators in Washington, Texas, Wisconsin, and Utah. While Zenefits has come out on top in every case, founder and CEO Conrad Parker admits, “It's just a matter of time before we …and more »
AIHA States Opposition to Future Logging Careers Act
The proposed legislation would allow 16- and 17-year-old children to be exempt from child labor laws if they worked in logging or mechanized operations under parental supervision.
Speed
Happy New Year! OK I am a month late but better late than never eh? Well that’s fine I suppose for my New Year greetings but some things can’t be late, like claim payments on ATE policies. How many times have you completed a claim form and submitted it, only for the ATE insurance provider to ignore it for weeks and then perhaps ask for copies of the file or correspondence. Did you forget to tick that box on the form? Oh dear, never mind, I am sure the Defendant insurer will understand! They don’t though do they. Have you had any default costs orders against you due to your ATE insurer dragging their feet? Hurts doesn’t it? If you are subject to …
OSHA: Lack of Proper Safety Controls Leads to Amputation
OSHA has cited Wellington Stamping for seven serious violations.