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  • State: Oregon
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The Oregon Occupational Safety and Health Division said Thursday that it fined a Medford-based roofing contractor $103,438 for repeatedly exposing workers to dangerous fall hazards.

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  • State: West Virginia
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The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld the expansion of a worker’s claim to add a shoulder injury.

Case: Gibson v. Blackhawk Mining LLC, No. 23-178,

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  • State: Alabama
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The Alabama Court of Civil Appeals ruled that an employer could not be relieved of its obligation to provide continuing medical treatment to an injured

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A federal appellate court upheld the denial of a coal miner’s third claim for black lung benefits.

Case: Hitt v. OWCP, No. 23-1916, 08/15/2024, unpublished.

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  • State: Virginia
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The Virginia Court of Appeals ruled that an employer could not relitigate the reasonableness of a worker’s mileage expenses from traveling to see a chiropractor 78

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The National Insurance Crime Bureau has set its Workers’ Compensation and Medical Investigations Conference for Oct. 1-4 in Chicago.

The event's goal is to provide training

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  • State: California
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California's Division of Occupational Safety and Health, commonly known as Cal/OSHA, has increased staffing in its Bureau of Investigations Unit to take on more probes into

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  • State: Washington
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A former meter reader in Washington state has pleaded guilty to workers' compensation fraud after it was discovered that she lived with six dogs even though

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Exposure to dust and other particles may put construction workers at an increased risk of developing chronic kidney disease, according to a study publicized on

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  • State: Pennsylvania
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The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania rejected another constitutional challenge to the state's new impairment rating evaluation procedure and scolded the attorney responsible for bringing the

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