Quote of the day
"Each of our lives can be changed in an instant. A fall from a scaffolding, a strain from lifting heavy materials, even a trip on an office rug. Every day, accidents affect workers' health, their families' livelihood and the employers' bottom line. But this is preventable."
Lane A. Summerhays, Utah Workers' Compensation Fund president and chief executive officer
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Hawkeye State Insurer Urges Counties to Adopt Light Duty Policy
The Iowa Municipalities Workers Compensation Association has requested all counties it insures to adopt a written policy that would put some employees with work–related injuries or illnesses on light-duty assignments. Officials say it will keep the counties’ costs down. The Hawk Eye (Burlington, Iowa)
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Standard & Poor’s Upgrades Hanover Insurance Group Rating
Ratings bureau Standard & Poor’s revises its outlook on Hanover Insurance Group Inc and its operating company subsidiaries to positive from stable. Workers’ Comp Executive
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Utah Workers’ Comp Fund Recognizes Companies’ Safety Efforts
The vice president of safety at Utah’s Workers Compensation Fund, at its The Traditions of Safety event honoring safe workplaces, concedes that some workplace injuries are unavoidable, but that workers and employers can do a lot to control the environment by making safety a “core value.” By Jenifer K. Nii, Deseret Morning News (Salt Lake City)
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Japan’s Rise in Suicides Linked to Overwork
A Japan Ministry of Health official says its increase in suicides likely correlates with an increased number of applications for official recognition of illnesses caused by overwork, which helps clear the way for workers’ compensation benefits. China Daily
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Empire State Workers’ Comp Board Opens Hudson Valley Office
The New York State Workers’ Compensation Board opens a new service center in Hudson today. The original office handles nearly 200 cases per month and had been forced to close when the landlord sold the building that housed its former office. Mid-Hudson News
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Toronto Transport Boss Apologizes to Attacked Worker
After going five months without pay or workers’ compensation after being assaulted on the job by two riders who refused to pay a full fare, a Toronto Transit Commission bus driver gets an apology from the chairman of the agency. By Kevin McGran, Toronto Star [With Photo] Go to the Full Story…
Canadians Mark Injured Workers Day
Ontarians gather in Thunder Bay to celebrate Injured Workers Day, more than two decades since over 3,000 workers rallied at Queen’s Park to participate in parliamentary hearings on workers’ compensation. Thunder Bay Source (Canada)
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Bay State Mail Carrier Sentenced for Workers’ Comp Fraud
After a two-day trial, a Malden, Mass. mail carrier is convicted and sentenced to four months in jail for concealing from the federal Workers Compensation Program that he worked for and received pay from a real estate firm while collecting workers comp for an alleged total disability. Malden Observer
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