Managing fatigue in safety critical workforces
Dr. Adam Fletcher, an internationally recognized pioneer in management of workforce fatigue, discusses the primary risk factors of fatigue and then describes the benefits of utilizing a fatigue risk management approach in industries that operate 24-hours per day. Longview News-Journal [with video]
Former Ohio pill mill doctor must repay more than $524K
A former doctor who admitted running a pill mill from his Columbus, Ohio medical practice has been sentenced to five years probation and has been ordered to repay more than $524,000 in restitution. He also must surrender his medical license in Ohio and his federal Drug Enforcement Administration license to prescribe narcotics as part of his probation, according to the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation. Columbus Dispatch
Georgia: DeMott Peanut & Fertilizer honored
AgriTrust of Georgia, a group self-insured workers’ compensation fund that provides workers’ comp coverage for the agricultural industry in the state, has awarded DeMott Peanut & Fertilizer Company, Inc. of Doerun the Second Quarter Winner of the fund’s Quarterly Safety Initiative. Moultrie Observer
Disney World firemen reportedly lack support amid COVID outbreak
A COVID-19 outbreak at the fire agency that responds to emergency calls across Walt Disney World Resort has highlighted the lack of support at the department for first responders who are exposed to or contract the virus, members of the agency’s union say. Fire department employees do not receive workers’ compensation for COVID-related claims and have to use personal leave for quarantine or sick days, so many are coming to work with potential COVID symptoms and are not getting tested, according to a union official. Firehouse