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Items Tagged with 'workers comp'

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4 problems with Amazon's emergency care for workers

Kayla matthews
Kayla Matthews
December 16, 2019
Amazon operates on-site emergency clinics, named AmCare, for workers. The idea is that employees can go to those facilities, which have on-staff, licensed emergency medical technicians and injury prevention specialists, and get treated faster without needing to travel off-site. As convenient as this may sound, however, reports suggest there are some issues with that approach. Here are some of them.
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data
A NIOSH Science Blog post

Beyond determining compliance: How can workers’ compensation insurers’ exposure data be improved and used?

Taylor Shockey MPH Steve Wurzelbacher PhD Libby L. Moore PhD
August 15, 2018
The workers’ compensation system can be used for more than processing work-related illness or injury insurance claims. The data collected through this system provide valuable information to identify how these injuries and illnesses happen, so that they can be prevented.
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money

Worker who fell off roof shoveling snow awarded $750,000 from his employer

July 6, 2017
A 52-year-old Massachusetts worker who will "never walk normally again" after falling off a roof in 2015 was awarded $750,000 from his employer by a Berkshire Superior Court jury Thursday, reports The Berkshire Eagle.
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Why some workers do better after injuries than others

June 20, 2014

Workers who are concerned about being fired after an injury experience poorer return-to-work outcomes than workers without those worries, according to new studies from Massachusetts’ Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI).


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safety knives

Don’t flash that blade

Employees need to give up open-bladed knives
Laura Wissan
April 2, 2013
Employers no longer consider a cut an acceptable consequence of the job.


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