Quote of the day
“We rush into burning fires or deal with the worst injuries – that’s our job, it’s what we’re trained to do. But we’re also human, and sometimes our brains can’t compute the horrible things we see.”
Ken Dillon, a Connecticut state trooper who was a first responder to Sandy Hook Elementary School in 2012, regarding PTSD
Ohio BWC returning $41 million to Cambridge area employers
Cambridge, Ohio-area employers will receive approximately $41 million in dividend checks this month from the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation due to the agency’s strong investment returns, falling injury claims, and other cost savings. Private employers will receive $36.6 million while public employers will receive $4.4 million. The city of Zanesville will receive the largest check at just over $382,000. This year marks the fifth time since 2013 BWC has issued $1 billion or more in dividends. Daily Jeff
First responders struggle with PTSD caused by the emergencies, deaths, tragedies
According to a 2015 national survey of over 4,000 police officers, paramedics, emergency medical technicians and firefighters, emergency workers are 10 times more likely to attempt suicide on average than another person; roughly 6 percent of those surveyed had tried to take their lives. While a growing number of states have recently passed legislation to provide workers’ compensation for first responders suffering from PTSD, a 2017 University of Phoenix survey of 2,000 first responders found 40 percent said they would face negative repercussions at work for seeking mental health services. The Telegraph
Client says attorney improperly dismissed her workers’ comp claim
A workers’ compensation claimant is suing her attorney in Cook County, Illinois, alleging malpractice for allegedly dismissing her workers’ compensation claim with the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission without her consent. The plaintiff claims she continued to seek treatment for her injury with the understanding that her case was still active when the statute of limitations had expired. Cook County Record
Pregnant JFK worker among 6 claiming unsafe conditions
A worker at Kennedy Airport who became pregnant and asked to be removed from her job as a wheelchair agent to something less strenuous, buy says she was reassigned to handling heavy baggage, is one of six workers who have filed a complaint about unsafe conditions at a contractor used by American Airlines at JFK. amNewYork