Flash: New ETS Language Posted
Here’s how revisions to Cal/OSHA’s COVID emergency regulation look like, ahead of an April 21st vote by the Standards Board. Workers’ Comp Executive
Q&A: Why businesses should consider a large deductible program for workers’ comp insurance
Regina Harris, vice president of underwriting, premium audit, safety and risk management with HEMIC, discusses large deductible programs for workers’ compensation, which have been growing in popularity among employers. Among other topics, she addresses the types of businesses that are good candidates for a large deductible program and how a large deductible program is structured. Pacific Business News
Texas: Kerr County takes no hits from workers’ comp
Kerr County, Texas sustained zero lost time in 2021 from workers’ compensation, according to county officials. Daily Times (Kerrville, Texas) [may require registration]
IG report says agencies could have done more to protect meatpacking employees
An Office of Inspector General report released this week concludes the U.S. Department of Agriculture and Fed-OSHA could have done more to ensure the safety of meatpacking plant employees during the COVID-19 pandemic. In the pandemic’s first year, Fed-OSHA issued small fines to only a handful of plants, and it failed to inspect every plant where cases were publicly reported. Missouri Independent