BP has been cited with hundreds of violations and fined millions of dollars in the past seven years by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA).The first incident came in 2005 when BP’s Texas City plant exploded killing fifteen workers and injuring 170 others. The $21 million…
Horn Packaging Corporation of Lancaster was recently cited for 12 safety violations by U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) following the death of an employee. A twenty nine year old worker was operated a box-making machine when he became entangled in the moving parts. There was no safety…
The Workers’ Compensation Research Institute (WCRI) has recently done a study of 2,138 workers who were injured to see if receiving a lump sum encouraged them to return to work, or encouraged them to prolong their absence from employment. This study disproved many of the cynics who believed that lump sum settlements…
Walmart and Target have agreed to pay a combined $232,000 to cities and towns across Massachusetts after allegedly overcharging public agencies through the workers’ compensation insurance system. Attorney General Martha Coakley has been investigating pharmacy chains and lower-volume alternative retailers of pharmaceuticals and has thus far recovered more than $8 million.Attorney General…
Tribe Mediterranean Foods, a subsidiary of Nestle SA, was cited by the U.S. Department of Labor’sOccupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) for 18 violations of workplace safety standards following the death of an employee at its production plant in Taunton, MA. The employee was cleaning and sanitizing a machine used in…
11. I work both a full-time and part-time job and was injured at my full-time job. I am able to continue working at my part-time job, how does this affect my benefits? You would need to report your earnings from your part-time job to the insurer, and the insurer would…
Interstate Electrical Services, an electrical contractor in North Billerica, was cited by the U.S. Departments of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) following an arc flash blast at an Andover building construction site on November 23, 2011. Two workers were seriously burned when a piece of equipment made contact with an…
6. My employer doesn’t have worker’s compensation insurance. Can I receive workers’ compensation benefits or can I sue my employer? If you were injured on or after December 12, 1985, then you can both sue your employer in a civil action and file a claim against the Worker’s Compensation Trust…
1. When I am injured on the job, how long until the insurance company starts sending me checks? When you have been unable to earn full wages for five days due to your injury on the job, your employer has seven days from the fifth day of loss, not including…
Massachusetts employers could face a dramatic rise in the cost of employee compensation insurance this year if the proposal is approved by state regulators. The Workers’ Compensation Rating and Inspection Bureau of Massachusetts represents companies that write workers’ compensation policies. They asked the state to approve an increase of 19.3 percent. If…