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Firefighter Gets Award for Cardiac Issues Following COVID-19 Infection
12/15/2023
defenseless.
Concurrences Judge Lori S. Rowe concurred with the result without a separate opinion. Judge Timothy D. Osterhaus concurred with a separate opinion.
Osterhaus said the courts prior decisions involving the presumption of causation for first responders controlled the outcome of this case
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Employer Fined $201,573 for Explosion
11/28/2023
The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration fined a manufacturer of industrial gas 201573 for what the agency called a preventable explosion that injured five workers and several first responders.
OSHA said a 25-year-old product technician was using a heat gun to transfer gas from
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First Responders , Recovery Workers Should Practice Safety in Hurricane's Wake
08/30/2023
Hurricane Idalia is forecast to make landfall in Florida Wednesday as a Category 3 storm with a major surge. Downed power lines and other hazards are expected to be present in floodwaters posing potential hazards for first responders recovery workers and contractors reacting to the storm and its
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Split Court Upholds Denial of Benefits for Firefighter Who Claimed Psychological Injuries
01/11/2023
opinion.
Dissent Justice Scott Makar said he thought the case presented an important issue of first impression as to what the appropriate burden of proof is for first responders to establish entitlement to medical benefits for mental or nervous injuries.
Makar said he believed the JCC was wrong to
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DWC Proposes Grievous-Injury Rules
01/06/2023
The Florida Division of Workers Compensation on Wednesday made public a notice of a proposed change to its rules on post-traumatic stress disorder suffered by first responders who witness grievous bodily harm of a nature that shocks the conscience to include correctional officers.
Current
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Vincent Hahr EmployeeClaiman
01/01/2023
purposes of this subsection. In compliance with this statutory provision
the department promulgated Rule 69L-3.009. This rule provides that for
purposes of determining the compensability of employment-related
posttraumatic stress disorder for first responders the following injuries
qualify as grievous
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Cop Entitled to Benefits for PTSD Under Law Effective After Injury-Causing Event
12/05/2022
for indemnity and medical benefits pursuant to Florida Statutes Section 112.1815.
The statute allows first responders to receive benefits for mental stress injuries that are not accompanied by a physical injury commonly referred to as mental-mental claims.
At the time of the shooting in
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Court Revives Paramedic's PTSD Claim
11/08/2022
enacted in October 2018.
The appeals court said Mandy Lynn Wyatt correctly asserted that her injury date was on her last day of employment in November 2018 at which point the statutory changes allowing first responders to seek indemnity benefits for PTSD had already gone into effect.
"Because the
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DWC Announces Two Rulemaking Efforts
11/02/2022
implement legislation enacted earlier this year requiring it to adopt regulations specifying injuries that qualify as grievous bodily harm of a nature that shocks the conscience for the purposes of expanding work comp benefits for PTSD claimed by first responders.
Florida first responders who encounter a
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Gregory Blaine Jr EmployeeClaimant OJCC Case No 21015971JE
10/01/2022
-employment evaluations and annual exams for first
responders. Drug testing is also part of his duties. According to Dr. Portnoy the request for a drug
screen is usually made by an employer; other staff members follow specific protocols according
to regulations that need to be followed. He testified that
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