Category: Workers’ Compensation
Not all workplace injuries are cut and dry. While an employee who hurts his or her back or breaks a limb on the job is a more traditional source of workers’ compensation claims, employees can also suffer emotional trauma by being bullied by a boss or co-workers. A new study, which examined 6,000 employees in a European […]
A former National Football League punter can now receive workers’ compensation payments from the state of Maryland, the Maryland Court of Appeals has ruled. The man played for the NFL’s Washington franchise, which has its corporate offices and practice facilities in Virginia. However, the team plays its home games in Landover, Maryland. The team had […]
The number of workers hurt on the job in companies in Maryland and the United States in 2011 amounted to 3.5 cases per 100 workers of full-time equivalency, a federal survey reports. In all, private employers said nearly 3 million nonfatal illnesses and injuries attributed to conditions in the workplace that occurred last year, according to estimates […]
Employees in Maryland and across the U.S. who suffer from insomnia make nearly 275,000 mistakes each year that can cause them or their co-workers to get hurt on the job. Additionally, the lack of sleep can lead to more than $30 billion in lost productivity because of workplace mistakes and accidents. This figure is according to […]
In a bit of good news for workers in Maryland and across the country, the number of workers across the United States who die after being hurt on the job has fallen steadily during the past decade, largely due to employers, industry groups and workers having committed to a safer workplace, an expert said. In 2011, […]
A Maryland man who says he was hurt on the job has sued the operator of the underground coal mine where he worked, as well as an employment agency that hires contract employees and sends them to a variety of mines. In his lawsuit, the man states he was working for the agency on Aug. 30, 2011, […]
Companies across Maryland and the rest of the U.S. that do not offer sick leave are more likely to have workers hurt on the job, according to a report from a federal agency. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health said that workers whose companies offer sick pay […]
A University of Maryland law professor says federal laws that allow companies to regulate themselves in the workers’ compensation arena only look out for one party: big business. The federal government, through the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), long has allowed companies to bypass federal regulation if it installs its own Voluntary Protection Program. […]
Maryland safety officials have launched an investigation into workplace safety after the deaths of a man and his two sons at a farm. Authorities believe the man, 48, and his teenage sons were killed in a work accident at a large dairy farm in Kennedyville, Maryland. The Maryland Occupational Safety and Health Agency will lead the investigation, […]
An employee of a Maryland coal mine suffered a broken back in a work accident that occurred as he tried to put supplies into place. The man, who authorities said they believed was in his 20s, was taken by helicopter to the Western Maryland Regional Medical Center in stable condition. The accident occurred in a mine in […]