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Queensbury seeing fewer workers' compensation claims

QUEENSBURY — Town employees are getting hurt far less often, and their injuries are far less expensive, according to the annual report on workers’ compensation claims. Supervisor John Strough has been ... read more

Texas firefighters with cancer often denied workers’ comp

“Firefighters with denied claims often have fewer treatment options and face the risk of financial ruin because of lost income.” All seven of the association’s members who filed workers’ compensation ... read more

Workers' compensation rate cut explored

TALLAHASSEE — Fewer workers are filing workers' compensation claims ... “We won't really see post-data come in until next year or the year after that,” he said adding that about 5 percent of the claim... read more

Ohio seeing fewer workplace injuries

Ohio workplaces continue to get safer. The Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation says there were 87,883 allowed claims for Ohio employers insured by the bureau in 2016, a 16.8 percent drop from 2010 an... read more

Worklete Raises Series A Funding to Protect Employees from Workplace Injuries

Savings come from reduced workers compensation claims at work, fewer injury claims outside of work ... It’s even more exciting to see the new developments within the Worklete platform that will help u... read more

Analysis: Hospital consolidation, Medicare set-asides spur workers’ comp hikes in Florida, nationwide

“We’re seeing it in Medicaid ... firm analyzed “billions” of medical insurance claims to produce a July 18 white paper that “strongly suggests” the rules for processing workers’ compensation Medicare ... read more

Queensbury getting free safety improvements

QUEENSBURY — The town is expanding its worker ... But last year, only four workers had a workers compensation injury claim. The town’s accident rating has improved from a 1.28 to 1.09. “Our safety pro... read more

9 Investigates: Oklahoma Workers' Compensation Reform

For Jones, married with children, the new law meant about $24,000 less in workers' compensation benefits ... "And so we're seeing it actually working," Buxton stated, "because we're seeing fewer claim... read more

Workers claim injuries all over their bodies for big payouts — but continue their active lives

With the help of a boutique Van Nuys law firm that specializes in workers’ compensation cases for cops and firefighters, Hall filed claims saying he’d injured ... he trained to be a bodybuilder. He’d ... read more

Employer, health care groups clash over workers' compensation

Powerful employer and health care groups are clashing over a proposed workers’ compensation bill ... said overall workers’ comp claims in Wisconsin run about the same as the national average, in part ... read more

It's Safer to Protect and Serve

Los Angeles police last year reported the fewest injuries on the job in a decade, filing 3,096 workers' compensation claims, a 27% drop from five years ago. Firefighters, another group of workers pron... read more

Going to work in Ohio gets safer

Fewer people are getting hurt or sick on the job, and not as many people are dying. Increased focus on safety by employers and workers is a key reason why workers’ compensation ... Ohio isn’t alone in ... read more