May 20, 2013 by Fred Hosier
Within the course of one week, an employee suffered an incident involving her leg at home and then another incident involving her leg at work. She applied for workers’ comp, claiming the injuries were caused by the work incident. Her employer denied her comp claim on the grounds that the first incident at home caused her injuries.
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Tags: meniscus tear, Whole Foods, Workers' comp, workplace injury
December 4, 2012 by Fred Hosier
Imagine this: “Joe,” your employee, suffers an injury at your company holiday party that incapacitates him. Will his injuries and time off be covered by workers’ comp?
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Tags: alcohol at holiday party, Workers' comp, workplace holiday party, workplace injury
September 4, 2009 by Fred Hosier
Imagine this: An employee, who happens to be morbidly obese, is injured at work. Doctors say, before he has surgery to correct the workplace injury, he needs weight-loss surgery.
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Tags: lap-band surgery, morbid obesity, weight-loss surgery, Workers' comp, workplace injury
January 2, 2009 by Fred Hosier
“How do I get all my employees to wear their safety gear all the time?” It’s one of the top challenges safety pros face year after year. So we asked 290 of your peers about their experiences to find out the top reasons workers give for not wearing PPE.
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Tags: excuses, PPE, workplace injury
