‘My foot fell off my shoe — give me workers’ comp’
An employee twisted her ankle at work, fell and fractured a bone. It’s the sort of injury she could have suffered at home. Does the injury qualify for workers’ comp benefits?
An employee twisted her ankle at work, fell and fractured a bone. It’s the sort of injury she could have suffered at home. Does the injury qualify for workers’ comp benefits?
If a logger suffers a snake bite on the job, you might think it would be covered by workers’ comp. But wait until you hear the details on this case before coming to that conclusion.
An applicant was told he wasn’t qualified for a safety-sensitive job because of the “significant health and safety risks associated with [his] extreme obesity.” Now the applicant says the employer discriminated against him because of a disability — obesity.
The Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission (OSHRC) has refused to hear an appeal of a judge’s decision that levied a fine and conditions on SeaWorld Orlando following the killing of a trainer by a whale in 2010.
Conventional wisdom held that giving injured employees lump-sum payments in workers’ comp cases discouraged them from returning to work. A new study tested that theory.
Calling the administrative law judge’s (ALJ) ruling “illogical,” SeaWorld Orlando has appealed a decision that bars trainers from being in the water with killer whales during performances.
Nine undocumented workers who were injured in a propane explosion at a New York farm camp will have their day in a U.S. court — even though they’ll have to have it by video conference from their homes in Mexico and Guatemala.
A business owner has agreed to pay $447,000 in restitution in a case that started with the death of a worker in a tortilla dough mixer.
What is the likelihood that, if re-elected, President Obama’s OSHA will rush through a bunch of new occupational safety standards?