NJ Supreme Court Hears Argument on Employer's Duty to Household Contact

An employer's duty to a employee's household contact was the focus of an oral argument recently before the NJ Supreme Court. The NJ Supreme Court reviewed the question, that was certified by the US Third Circuit Court of Appeals, to define the duty and its scope. The household contact, the fiance, subsequently spouse, suffered beryllium related disease causally related to the employee's toxic exposure.

Passaic NJ distribution warehouse fined $112K for two dozen safety violations

OSHA cites Oaxaca Mexican Products for blocking fire exit, 20 other serious violations

Oaxaca Mexican Products, 100 8th St., Passaic, New Jersey was issued citations by the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued citations for one willful, 20 serious and three other-than-serious violations on May 3, 2016.

CMS Publishes Final Rule for MSP Conditional Payments Via Web Portal

This final rule, effective June 16, 2016,  specifies the process and timeline for expanding CMS' existing Medicare Secondary Payer (MSP) Web portal to conform to section 201 of the Medicare IVIG and Strengthening Medicare and Repaying Taxpayers Act of 2012 (the SMART Act).

Some medicines are just not for sick people: Fluoroquinolone

Obtaining fast and effective medical treatment after suffering and occupational accident or injury is important. Receiving the improper medication can made outcomes a lot worse The FDA advises restricting fluoroquinolone antibiotic use for certain uncomplicated infections and warns about disabling side effects that can occur together.

Will the future of workers' compensation be ADR?

As mandatory arbitration continues to be adopted in place of litigation, it remains to be be seen whether mandatory arbitration will replace costly and time consuming litigated adversarial hearings in workers' compensation. During the last two decades employers and insurance companies have fashioned contracts to include Alternate Dispute Resolution (ADR) proceedings to reduce costs and awards.

Announcing the WorkersCompensation.com Best Blog Designees for 2016

WorkersCompensation.com, "the original and largest regulatory and compliance information center available for the workers' compensation industry," has announced the best blog designations for 2016:

"The blogs below were all nominated by citizens of the workers' compensation community. They were judged on several criteria. In addition to objective categories such as age of blog, frequency of posting and website traffic**, they were also assessed by an independent judging panel for content quality, value and timeliness. Designated blog category was determined by people nominating the blog. In the event of multiple nominations, the category selected by the majority of nominators was used.

Elizabeth NJ contractor again exposes workers to dangerous risk of falls

OSHA finds at downtown Jersey City build site
Cajamarca Construction Corp. fined $51K after 8th failed inspection since 2009

Employer name: - Cajamarca Construction Corp., 36 Prospect Street, Apt. 2F, Elizabeth, New Jersey

Inspection site: Residential construction project at 259 Halladay St., Jersey City, New Jersey

Citations issued: The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued one willful, two repeat, and one serious citations on April 28, 2016.

Inspection findings: An OSHA compliance officer opened an inspection after driving by the site and seeing employees of the siding and roofing company exposed to 28-foot falls without fall protection as they did roof work.