- Analytics firm launches tool to reduce comp claim escalation
Clara analytics, a division of health care SaaS provider LeanTaaS Inc., has launched CATT, a cloud-based control tower that aims to help workers compensation claims teams reduce claim escalation.
- OSHA fines plumbing firm after worker dies in trench collapse
An Ohio plumbing company is facing $274,359 in proposed penalties from federal workplace safety regulators after a 33-year-old employee was crushed to death as he was digging soil out of a 12-foot trench.
- Cal OSHA cites solar panel installer after employee falls 29 feet
California’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health has issued $130,125 in proposed fines against Elite Electric Inc. for serious and willful safety violations after a worker installing solar panels fell 29 feet through a skylight.
- Mining deaths down on safety agency’s enforcement initiatives
U.S. mining deaths reached an all-time low in fiscal year 2016, with 25 miners perishing, according to the Mine Safety and Health Administration.
- Disability benefit hike could cost Oregon $17 million a year
NCCI says Oregon Legislative Concept 697 would raise Oregon’s workers comp system costs by 2.5% if it is passed and enacted.
- OSHA updates slips, trips and falls rule
The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration published its long-awaited slips, trips and falls rule on Thursday.