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Liberty Mutual VP: Mobile Device Use Boosting Comp Exposure

05/09/2011
told Best Week there is increasing evidence that workers are texting holding conference calls and having work-related conversations while driving. "More and more workers are using mobile devices while driving while walking and in places that we never envisioned that people would be doing aspects of

Category: News

Nearly A Quarter of Hearing Officials Filed Injury Claims

12/28/2010
payment for injuries he sustained in the head-on collision he caused in 2007 that killed two sisters Jessica and Kelli Uhl -- filed a repetitive trauma claim in June. Mitchell who was accused of driving 126 mph and texting when he caused the accident pleaded guilty to reckless homicide and reckless

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Ex-Trooper Who Killed 2 Sisters in Wreck Argues for Comp Benefits

12/21/2010
of the wreck say Matt Mitchell was driving 126 miles per hour and texting when his patrol car hit the car in which Jessica and Kelli Uhl were killed. Two other girls in a minivan were injured. Mitchell said he pleaded guilty because his lawyer said he couldn't get a fair trial the newspaper

Category: News

The Trend to Exclude Distracted Driving from WC Coverage

09/28/2010
the nonuse of cell phones and texting. Make it clear to your employees that the expectation is that they will NOT talk or text on their cell phones while driving on company time or in company vehicles. Have employees sign a contract that says they will not violate the organization’s ban on

Category: Industry Insights

OSHA Prepares to Target 'Distracted Driving,' Especially Texting

09/22/2010
"a leading cause of worker fatalities." "It is imperative that employers eliminate financial and other incentives that encourage workers to text while driving" Solis said. "It is well recognized that texting while driving dramatically increases the risk of a motor vehicle injury or fatality" she

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Experts Warn Cell Phones, Texting Cause Comp, Lawsuit Dangers

04/27/2010
cell phones resulting in 1.6 million crashes and 645000 injuries. Another distracted driving risk is texting a practice that prompted a warning Monday form the Louisiana Workers Compensation Corp. which noted that texting while driving is illegal in the state. Currently 24 states have banned

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Motor Transportation Association Praises Texting Ban

01/27/2010
The Texas Motor Transportation Association said Tuesday it supports the decision of federal regulatory agencies to ban texting while driving by commercial motor vehicle drivers. John Esparza president and chief executive officer of the association issued a statement in support of the actin by

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Illinois to Ban Most Cell Phone Use in Vehicles

08/20/2009
. To the extent it will be illegal to cell phones in construction zones and the whole state highway system sometimes feels like a continuous and unending construction zone cell phones are effectively banned in many areas. It is not going to be a defense to use hands-free phones. Texting and

Category: Industry Insights

Distractions Behind the Wheel, Revisited

08/05/2009
to new heights or better depths. He was talking on one cell phone texting on another when surprise of surprises he lost control of his vehicle smashed into another car careened across a front lawn and plunged his flatbed tow truck into a swimming pool. The 68 year-old woman driving the other

Category: Industry Insights

Cell Phones: Unsafe at Any Speed?

06/05/2009
talking or lord help us texting. While surveys indicate that nearly every driver 98 considers himself or herself a safe driver NOT fully 20 of drivers between 16 and 61 admitting to texting while driving and 80 admit to talking on their cells. What we have is a serious disconnect between risk

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