Texas Division of Workers Compensation Approves 14 for Self Insurance
The Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers Compensation (TDI-DWC) approved one initial application and 13 renewals of certificates of authority, to self-insure for workers compensation...
View ArticleOSHA Proposed Penalties of $949,000 for Texas Employers for Unguarded...
The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited PJ Trailers Manufacturing Co. Inc. and Delco Trailers Co. Inc., a similar company owned by PJ Trailers, for...
View ArticleHouston Man Pleads Guilty to Workers Comp Fraud
Texas Mutual Insurance Company recently reported that a Travis County district court sentenced Derrick Crockrom of Houston on workers compensation fraud-related charges. Crockrom was sentenced...
View ArticleTexas Man and Maryland Woman Sentenced on Workers Comp Fraud Charges
Texas Mutual Insurance Company reported recently that a Travis County district court sentenced Thomas Mikulenka of League City, Texas on workers compensation fraud-related charges. The court...
View ArticleTexas Employer Fined Following Drilling Deaths of 2 Workers
The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Robinson Drilling of Texas Ltd. for eight serious, four repeat and 11 other-than-serious safety and health...
View ArticleWorkers Compensation News in Brief for February 2012
How Can You Find Quality Providers? According to a recent MedMetrics blog, finding quality providers in your data has never been easier. See the complete blog here. Author Karen Wolfe explains in...
View ArticleAmy Food Cited for Exposing Workers to Unguarded Machinery
The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) recently cited Houston-based Amy Food Inc. with one willful, four serious, and three other-than-serious citations for...
View ArticleWorkers Compensation News From Around the Net
Input Needed in Providers Opioid Audit The Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers’ Compensation (TDI-DWC) acknowledges that prescription drug abuse and misuse, including opioids, is a...
View ArticleThe Best Tidbits of News From the Workers Comp Community
Special Discount to Attend the National Workers’ Compensation and Disability Conference Worker's Compensation Expert Rebecca Shafer will be presenting at the 21st Annual National Workers'...
View ArticleThe Best Tidbits of News From the Workers Comp Community
News From Lexis Nexis: 1) Top 25 Blogs for Workers' Compensation “The LexisNexis Workers' Compensation Law Community has selected its 2012 honorees. These top blogsites contain some of...
View ArticleTexas Division of Workers Compensation Approves 14 for Self Insurance
The Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers Compensation (TDI-DWC) approved one initial application and 13 renewals of certificates of authority, to self-insure for workers compensation...
View ArticleOSHA Proposed Penalties of $949,000 for Texas Employers for Unguarded...
The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited PJ Trailers Manufacturing Co. Inc. and Delco Trailers Co. Inc., a similar company owned by PJ Trailers, for...
View ArticleHouston Man Pleads Guilty to Workers Comp Fraud
Texas Mutual Insurance Company recently reported that a Travis County district court sentenced Derrick Crockrom of Houston on workers compensation fraud-related charges. Crockrom was sentenced...
View ArticleTexas Man and Maryland Woman Sentenced on Workers Comp Fraud Charges
Texas Mutual Insurance Company reported recently that a Travis County district court sentenced Thomas Mikulenka of League City, Texas on workers compensation fraud-related charges. The court...
View ArticleTexas Employer Fined Following Drilling Deaths of 2 Workers
The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Robinson Drilling of Texas Ltd. for eight serious, four repeat and 11 other-than-serious safety and health...
View ArticleWorkers Compensation News in Brief for February 2012
How Can You Find Quality Providers? According to a recent MedMetrics blog, finding quality providers in your data has never been easier. See the complete blog here. Author Karen Wolfe explains in...
View ArticleAmy Food Cited for Exposing Workers to Unguarded Machinery
The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) recently cited Houston-based Amy Food Inc. with one willful, four serious, and three other-than-serious citations for...
View ArticleWorkers Compensation News From Around the Net
Input Needed in Providers Opioid Audit The Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers’ Compensation (TDI-DWC) acknowledges that prescription drug abuse and misuse, including opioids, is a...
View ArticleThe Best Tidbits of News From the Workers Comp Community
Special Discount to Attend the National Workers’ Compensation and Disability Conference Worker’s Compensation Expert Rebecca Shafer will be presenting at the 21st Annual National Workers’...
View ArticleThe Best Tidbits of News From the Workers Comp Community
News From Lexis Nexis: 1) Top 25 Blogs for Workers’ Compensation “The LexisNexis Workers’ Compensation Law Community has selected its 2012 honorees. These top blogsites contain some of the...
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