The emerging viral infection, Zika, is now begun to plaque US workers. The Pennsylvania Allegheny County Department of Health (ACDH) reports that a researcher was infected by a needle stick wound. This is the 4th confirmed case of Zika virus reported by the ACHD.
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Friday, July 1, 2016
Saturday, June 25, 2016
The Social Security Financial Report: An Insight Into the Future
Change is coming to the Social Security Disability program based upon the The 2016 Trustees Report that was published this week. It projects that the future finances of the Social Security Disability Trust Fund will require additional funding to remain solvent.
Tuesday, June 21, 2016
Union City NJ contractor allowed dangerous hazards that led to worker's fatal fall
Union City contractor allowed dangerous hazards that led
to worker's fatal fall while removing siding at Bayonne home
to worker's fatal fall while removing siding at Bayonne home
Employer name: Bolivar Enterprises LLC, 902 Central Ave., Union City, New Jersey
Citations issued: On June 3, 2016, the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued citations for nine serious violations.
Saturday, June 18, 2016
Kidney Cancer Reported Related to Workers' Asbestos Exposure
A new research report links asbestos exposure to kidney cancer. Today's post is shared from pubmed.com.
Tuesday, June 14, 2016
Mesothelioma surgery improves quality of life, study finds
Loyola University Health System reports:
Many mesothelioma patients avoid surgery for fear it will degrade their quality of life. But a study has found just the opposite: Patients who underwent an operation called pleurectomy and decortication (PD) generally reported their quality of life improved after surgery.
Click here to read the complete article.
Many mesothelioma patients avoid surgery for fear it will degrade their quality of life. But a study has found just the opposite: Patients who underwent an operation called pleurectomy and decortication (PD) generally reported their quality of life improved after surgery.
Click here to read the complete article.
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- New staging of mesothelioma tumors may predict outcome (workers-compensation.blogspot.com)
- Selecting the right surgeon is a big deal (workers-compensation.blogspot.com)
Saturday, June 11, 2016
PPG Fully Funds Its Share of Pittsburgh Corning $3.5 Billion Asbestos Trust
The 16 year wait is over. Finally emerging from bankruptcy, Pittsburg Corning today announced that the company has fully funded its portion of the Pittsburgh Corning Asbestos Trust that was established by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania in May 2016.
Thursday, June 9, 2016
NJ Supreme Court Allows COLA Pension Freeze
LaVECCHIA, J., writing for a majority of the Court. In this appeal, the Court considers whether the 2011 suspension of State pension cost-of-living adjustments (COLAs), L. 2011, c. 78, contravened a term of the contract right granted under the earlier enacted “non-forfeitable right” statute, L. 1997, c. 113 (presently codified as N.J.S.A. 43:3C-9.5).
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