New York roofing contractor pleads guilty to over $250K in workers’ comp fraud
A Suffolk County, New York roofing contractor admitted to cheating insurance companies out of more than $250,000 in a workers’ compensation scheme. Inspectors found the company classified its roofing workers as doing “painting and decorating,” a less risky classification that granted access to less expensive workers’ compensation insurance. Roofing Contractor
Is COVID behind increased flu numbers?
Since the emergence of COVID-19, the seasonal patterns of flu and some other respiratory viruses have changed, though it remains unclear exactly why. However, flu cases and hospitalizations in Clark County, Nevada have been rising since March, a time of year when normally they’d be falling, according to the director of disease surveillance and control for the Southern Nevada Health District. Is there a COVID connection? Las Vegas Review-Journal
County receives workers’ comp safety grant from Maine workers’ comp fund
Lincoln County, Maine officials announced June 1 receipt of a more than $1,000 Safety Enhancement Grant by the Maine Municipal Association Workers’ Compensation Fund. The Ed MacDonald Safety Enhancement and Scholarship grants provide financial assistance to members of the MMA Workers Compensation Fund to purchase safely equipment or services to assist in reducing the frequency and severity of workplace injuries. Boothbay Register
North Carolina woman claims she lost her job over faulty drug test
A Raleigh, North Carolina certified nursing assistant for more than 20 years who claims she pulled a muscle while lifting a patient, and failed a drug test when she sought medical assistance as a workers’ compensation precaution, says her urinalysis results were incorrect and she lost her job–despite a negative hair follicle test. WRAL (Raleigh, N.C.)
Employee fatally pinned at southern Indiana manufacturing plant
An employee was fatally injured Tuesday after becoming pinned in a machine at a Jeffersonville, Indiana manufacturing plant. WDRB