01/26/2017
response to the terrorist attack that killed 14 and injured 22 without including an analysis of how it handled work comp claims the Sun reports.
Sally Cardinale a survivor of the attack said she was appalled that comp was not going to be part of the study approved Tuesday.
In response to outcry
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05/08/2015
implementing wellness programs. NIOSH said its study will determine the effectiveness and economic return on the grant program.
NIOSH is accepting comments on plans to conduct in-depth interviews with 25 randomly selected employers participating in the grant program. Data from the interview will be used to
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12/16/2010
available staff and will need to reserve some resources for any "ad hoc" requests that may come from the 2011 Legislature he explained.
System participants had requested a study on opioid narcotic painkillers as part of the 2010 research agenda but the group said it couldnt grant the request because
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04/22/2011
The Ohio Bureau of Workers Compensation announced Thursday it is launching a grant program to reduce or eliminate occupational injuries and illnesses in the wholesale and retail trade sector.
Bureau Administrator Stephen Buehrer said the program is part of the agencys ongoing research
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01/25/2006
The Tufts University School of Engineering announced Tuesday it has received a four-year grant from the National Institute for Occupational Safety & Health NIOSH to study the occupational health risks among immigrant workers.
The 900000 grant will fund intervention efforts in the city of
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02/17/2004
. February 19 2004; Closed 8 a.m.-5 p.m. February 20
2004.
Purpose The Safety and Occupational Health Study Section will
review discuss and evaluate grant applications received in
response to the Institute's standard grants review and funding
cycles pertaining to research issues in
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10/31/2006
to pay for those grants.
Determining the amount of the assessment and recommending grant amounts to county district attorneys is one of the main functions of the Fraud Assessment Commission.
Other matters on the commission's agenda include
Update on the "Workers' Compensation Medical
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07/24/2007
to workers who put in 40 hours or less in the prior work week.
The study was funded with a grant from the Network on Socioeconomic Status and Health of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. The researchers also have ongoing support from Alcoa Inc. an aluminum producer
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06/27/2018
statute does not give guidance to anyone which is essentially the point of Appeals. The other Grant for Study is still pending after 13 months although there is clear CA Supreme Court authority on the matter. I sent a tickler letter 6 months ago and the WCAB assured me that the pending
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07/31/2012
The Ohio Bureau of Workers Compensation announced it awarded safety intervention grants totaling more than 206000 to Ohio employers in June including two involving a partnership between the bureau and the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health NIOSH to study workplace injuries
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