SC Opioid Emergency Response Team Issues First Progress Report

February 25, 2019 by WorkCompWire Columbia, SC – Governor Henry McMaster recently released the first Opioid Emergency Response Plan Progress Report. The Progress Report comes as an update to the original Opioid Emergency Response Plan, which was released by the South...

NC DOL: Struck-by Incidents and Falls Lead Work-Related Deaths

February 11, 2019 by WorkCompWire Raleigh, NC – Struck-by incidents and falls caused the largest number of work-related deaths in the Tar Heel state in 2018, based on preliminary information released by the state Department of Labor. Struck-by incidents accounted for...

TX Company Found Guilty of Defrauding Texas Mutual Insurance Co

February 8, 2019 by WorkCompWire Austin, TX – Texas Mutual Insurance Company recently reported that Alpha Mar doing business as Industrial Machine Works pleaded guilty to a first-degree felony on workers’ compensation fraud-related charges. A Travis County district...