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Nine Workers Injured In California Freeway Bridge Collapse
Nine construction workers were injured¸ three of them critically¸ in a partial bridge collapse at a building project on a Southern California freeway¸ authorities said on Saturday. The incident took...
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Two Firemen Die Battling Kansas City Apartment Fire
Two firefighters were killed and two others were injured when a fire-engulfed building collapsed in Kansas City late Monday¸ officials said. Kansas City Fire Department spokesman James Garrett told NBC...
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Worker Electrocuted At Merritt Island HGTV Dream Home
A man working on a boat dock at the site of the HGTV Dream Home giveaway was electrocuted before falling into the Indian River Lagoon¸ officials reported. The death is being investigated as accidental¸...
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Packer Machine Falls Over¸ Crushes Construction Worker
A construction worker died in Southaven when a piece of equipment he was using toppled over and crushed him. Fellow construction workers said they’re in shock. "I came over and saw what happened¸" said...
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Subcontractor Dies After Falling Into Yale Smokestack
A 53-year-old worker died after falling 50 feet into a smokestack on Saturday morning while working on upgrades to Yale’s power plant in New Haven¸ fire officials said. The worker fell into a...
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Opt-Out Laws Cut Workers Comp Claim Losses¸ Shift Costs To Taxpayers
Bryan Green said he was checking to see whether yellow ink was being applied by a giant printing press when the machine grabbed his right hand a year ago in September. Green’s hand was mangled and...
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Salon Owner Charged With Arson¸ Murder For Firefighters’ Deaths
Two firefighters died while stopping a building fire from spreading to a nearby grocery store¸ and the grocery store owners are stunned that insurance fraud allegedly was the motive. Word quickly...
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Trapeze Artist Falls 30 Feet During Philadelphia Circus Performance
A trapezist who plunged three stories into the audience at a Philadelphia circus performance Saturday night is expected to make a full recovery. The performer¸ Chenglong Wu¸ 19¸ remained hospitalized...
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Vehicle Crashes Into Apartment After Delivery Driver Is Shot
A delivery driver died in an incident that included a suspected robbery¸ shots fired and a vehicle crashing through an apartment building. Police responded to the shooting report around 10:10 p.m....
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Dump Truck Driver Dies From Collision With Amtrak Train
The dump truck driver who was killed in a collision with an Amtrak train in Bessemer on Friday afternoon has been identified. The Jefferson County Coroner’s Office says David Wayne Hatcher¸ 68¸ of...
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Port Canaveral Barge Worker Severely Injured By Propeller
A man worker suffered severe leg injuries after he fell off a barge late Tuesday night at Port Canaveral¸ officials said. The incident happened around 10 p.m. The U.S. Coast Guard said a crewmember on...
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Tree Removal Crew Member Killed By Large Oak Branch
Ormond Beach police are investigating an accidental death in which they say a tree removal crew member was struck and killed by a large tree branch. Robert Smith¸ 40¸ died while working with a tree...
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Handling Psychological Issues In A Workers’ Comp Claim
It is a cliché in the workers’ comp industry that claims adjusters never want “to buy a psych claim.” Perhaps that’s why they rarely resort to psychologists until the horse is out of the barn and...
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Woman Gambling On Permanent Total Disability Busted With Surveillance
Brenda Pumphrey of Massillon (Stark County) claimed a workplace injury caused her to lose use of each hand¸ one arm and one leg. After surveillance at a West Virginia casino showed no limp and full use...
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Massive Apartment Building Blaze Caused By Woman Trying To Kill Bed Bugs
The woman who started a massive fire at an apartment building in Detroit is speaking exclusively to FOX 2. Distraught and desperate for forgiveness¸ the woman believed to be responsible for the fire at...
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New Haven Man Collected $25K In Comp Benefits While Working
A New Haven man who was seen selling baseball bats while he was supposedly sidelined with an injury that left him unable to work was arrested and charged with illegally collecting Workers’ Compensation...
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Insurance Industry Struggling With Talent Gap
There is a huge talent gap in the insurance industry¸ with more jobs available than there are workers to fill them. Yet not many students are pursuing careers in insurance. Why is that? According to...
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Workers Comp Insurance Laws To Be Challenged In Florida Supreme Court
A Florida Supreme Court case challenging the constitutionality of the state’s workers-compensation insurance system is drawing heavy interest from legal¸ public-safety and insurance-industry groups. At...
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Employees Conspired To Defraud Workers’ Comp By Staging Accident
A Helena jury found Matthew Ryan Ailer guilty Friday of felony workers’ compensation fraud. The Montana Attorney General’s Office charged Ailer in 2014¸ alleging that on October 16¸ 2011¸ he had staged...
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Massachusetts Police Sergeant Indicted For False Injury Claim
A Hingham police sergeant has been indicted for alleged insurance fraud. A spokeswoman for Plymouth County District Attorney Tim Cruz said Wednesday afternoon that Sgt. Kris Phillips¸ 52¸ was indicted...
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