Georgia Insulation Maker Fined $432,400 After Worker’s Head Injury March 10, 2023 The U.S. Occupational Health and Safety Organization has cited a Georgia insulation manufacturer after a 21-year-old worker suffered severe head...
Rite Aid Not Liable in Warehouse Shooting That Killed 3 Workers March 9, 2023 By Jim Sams Rite Aid is not liable for a mass shooting that killed three workers at a warehouse in Maryland; not because...
DOL Says It Recovered $330,000 from NC Contractor that Misclassified Workers March 7, 2023 The U.S. Department of Labor said it has recovered about $330,000 in back wages from a North Carolina contractor that...
Harford Mutual Insurance Group Announces Merger Plan with ClearPath Mutual March 3, 2023 Harford Mutual Insurance Group, a commercial P/C insurance company, announced its plan to merge with ClearPath Mutual Insurance Company, a...
Georgia House Votes to Raise Workers’ Comp Benefits, Still Lower than Other States March 2, 2023 By Insurance Journal Staff Reports The Georgia House of Representatives voted this week to raise the maximum workers’ compensation benefit amounts and to increase the...
Kentucky Man Dies in WV Coal Mine, First U.S. Mining Fatality This Year March 1, 2023 A coal miner has died in an incident in a southern West Virginia mine, Gov. Jim Justice said. William Mapes,...
Baddour Reappointed to NC Industrial Comm; Clement President of Alabama Agency February 28, 2023 North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper has appointed Philip Baddour to a second six-year term as a full commissioner at the...
DOL Recovers OT Pay for NC Workers Misclassified as Independent Contractors February 23, 2023 More than 180 workers at a North Carolina company will receive about $1,000 each in overtime pay after the U.S....
Explosion at Ohio Metals Plant Kills 1 Worker, Injures More Than a Dozen February 22, 2023 OAKWOOD VILLAGE, Ohio (AP) – A maintenance worker was killed in explosion at an Ohio metals plant that sparked a...
Florida Home Fire and Welding Site Explosion Kill Five People February 22, 2023 Two people were killed and three others injured Tuesday when at least two tractor-trailers exploded at a truck and welding...