In Colorado and nationwide, there are growing problems of chemical threats at work. This is partly because companies continue to use new and unknown chemicals in their manufacturing processes. In one example, a Yale University lab test found levels of a potentially...
Workers’ Compensation
Workers’ compensation is payable for aggravation of prior injury
In Colorado and all other jurisdictions, the work-related exacerbation of a preexisting condition resulting in a disability from work is compensable. Workers’ compensation benefits must be paid to an employee whose post-traumatic stress disorder was exacerbated by a...
Workers’ compensation and government agencies push for safety
There are work accidents in America’s workplaces daily, including in Colorado. Many of these are serious events that were preventable. Each day workers must go on disability leave due to a system of safety regulations and prevention that is not working at its...
GHS designed to reduce work injury from hazardous chemicals
Both in Colorado and around the country, the use of hazardous chemicals in the workplace has become an unavoidable commonplace. OSHA says that some 43 million workers nationwide handle hazardous chemicals in their work duties across a wide range of work venues. The...
Bundled coverage for work injury and health care may be coming
It's helpful to keep current with changes in the methods of delivering workers' compensation insurance and general healthcare that are emerging in Colorado and other states. Many experts predict that changes are on the horizon. Mainly, coverage for work injury is...
Night manager chased robbers: entitled to workers’ compensation
An issue that comes up often in workers’ compensation cases in Colorado and elsewhere is whether the worker was engaged in employment at the time of the injury. The issue arose in another state when a convenience store manager chased a robbery suspect out of the...
OSHA claims workers’ rights violated by AT&T policy
Retaliation against an employee who reports workplace injuries is a violation of the Occupational Safety and Health Act with respect to its whistleblower provisions. In most states, including Colorado, it is also a violation of workers’ rights under state laws for the...
Hearing loss caused by work injury may be compensable
A recent study reaffirms that frequent exposure to loud noise at work can result in hearing loss. Furthermore, those who work with hearing loss are at a disadvantage: they are more inclined to become hospitalized because of a work injury. The sampling of 46,550 male...
Colorado program lowers workers’ compensation claims for police
Colorado employees, no matter where they happen to work, are at risk of suffering some kind of injury on the job. However, just like in our daily lives outside of work, the more physically fit one happens to be, the less likely he or she is to fall victim to a random...
Updated guidelines for occupational disease exposure
The United States Public Health Service recently released updated guidelines for occupational illnesses, such as exposure to HIV and PEP among those working in the medical field. When a Colorado health care worker encounters occupational disease their life can be...
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