Today's post was shared by Mother Jones and comes from www.motherjones.comAndrew Francis Wallace/ZUMANearly four years ago, while lifting pallets of blankets during an overnight stocking shift at Walmart, Barb Gertz began to notice a dull pain in her arms. She kept on lifting and stocking, but by the time her lunch break rolled around she [...]
End Black Lung Now Today's post was shared by US Labor Department and comes from www.dol.govNews ReleaseDust levels in underground coal mines continue to trend downward with new low in 2014ARLINGTON, Va. — Chester Fike was just in his 30s when he was diagnosed with black lung. As the disease progressed, the West Virginia coal [...]
Duke Basketball Coach Mike Krzyzewski has struggled with back pain If you are a fan of college basketball, you probably know the accomplishments of Coach Mike Krzyzewski, who has led Duke University’s men’s basketball program for 35 years, including 4 national championships. What you might not know is that Coach K struggled with [...]
Number Value Non-Employee Fraud Cases 9 $ 74,876,000.00 Employee Fraud Cases 1 $ 450,000.00 Total $ 75,326,000.00 Five of the top ten fraud cases in 2014 are from California. The other five cases are from Florida, Texas, Arizona, Washington and Georgia. As usual, non-employee fraud cases dominated the list and the dollar amounts are staggering, [...]
Today's post was shared by Gelman on Workplace Injuries and comes from www.health.ny.gov Acting DOH Commissioner Zucker Recommends Activity Should Not Move Forward in New York State DEC Commissioner Martens Will Issue a Findings Statement Early Next Year to Prohibit High-Volume Hydraulic Fracturing The state Department of Health has completed its public health review of [...]
Today's post was shared by Gelman on Workplace Injuries and comes from flojcc.blogspot.com Today's post is authored by Judge David Langham and shared from flojcc.blogspot.com/ A story was recently published on the WUSF website, Health News Florida. It says that the "prolific prescribers" of some medications are facing "Medicare scrutiny." A chart in the story reflects [...]
Today's post comes from guest author Thomas Domer, from The Domer Law Firm.As a worker’s compensation lawyer, I see many news stories through the prism of how the news event or trend will affect injured workers' in the worker’s compensation system. A federal judge in Minnesota has ruled that Honeywell, Inc. can begin penalizing workers' [...]
Today's post was shared by Gelman on Workplace Injuries and comes from blogs.cdc.gov Today's post is shared from cdc.gov/ Epidemiology is the art and science of using data to answer questions about the health of groups. In occupational epidemiology, we use that data to understand how work affects health. This blog entry is part of a [...]
Today's post comes from guest author Charlie Domer, from The Domer Law Firm. “That’s not fair!” I continually receive this response when I tell an injured worker that they cannot sue their employer based on their work injury and its effects. Despite the media barrage many workers' equate worker’s compensation with personal injury law. The [...]
Recently we have noticed a disturbing trend in workers'’ compensation claims of injured workers' being summarily dismissed by a treating doctor while still in obvious need of treatment for their injury. One doctor declined to continue seeing an injured worker after he had referred the worker out for needed surgery, even though the insurance company [...]