Total cost per claim has decreased 6.4% since a reduction in medical fee schedule rates, but workers compensation costs in Illinois remain higher than other states.

Employer representatives are praising OSHA’s withdrawal of an Obama-era policy that allowed union officials to participate in safety inspections at nonunion worksites.

The subjective nature of spinal injuries can cause the greatest disparity in costs between states that allow injured workers to choose their own medical providers and those that give employers more control.

Over a third of the employees surveyed by the National Safety Council claimed that workplace safety is secondary to performing tasks.

OSHA issued two willful citations and a proposed penalty of $101,400 against a South Dakota construction company after a building collapse killed one of its employees.