A Megabus heading to Atlanta from Chicago crashed in Indiana injuring 19 passengers, according to The Daily Journal. The accident occurred April 19 in Edinburgh, Indiana on Interstate 65. According to the Indiana State Police, the bus failed to brake in time to account for construction traffic stopped on the highway, slamming into the back… Read More
The United States Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Lombard, Illinois-based Armor Shield Construction once again for failing to provide the proper safety measures for workers. The most recent incident occured at a site where an investigator noted that the company was not providing workers with adequate safety measures for… Read More
Experts forecast that future workers’ compensation reforms may focus on banning physicians from dispensing prescription drugs to prevent spending for workers’ compensation claims from rising again, the Cambridge, Massachusetts-based Workers Compensation Research Institute proclaimed in a Business Insurance article on March 29. According to the managing director of casualty claims at Aon Global Risk Consulting in Los… Read More
Two reports recently published by NPR and the Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration revealed that on a nationwide scale, insurance companies are the ones earning money whenever workers’ compensation reforms are instituted, the Chicago Sun Times reported on March 10. In fact, after recent reforms implemented in Illinois, earnings of insurance companies have increased… Read More
Two reports recently published by NPR and the Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration revealed that on a nationwide scale, insurance companies are the ones earning money whenever workers’ compensation reforms are instituted, the Chicago Sun Times reported on March 10. In fact, after recent reforms implemented in Illinois, earnings of insurance companies have increased… Read More
A Champaign County crash resulted in the deaths of two people and injury of two others, the News-Gazette reported on March 7. The fatal car accident occurred at the intersection of county roads 200 E and 500 N, according to Lt. Brian Mennenga of the Champaign County Sheriff’s office. Initial reports indicated that at around 3… Read More
A new report from the Labor Department’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) expresses concern that the current condition of state-based workers’ compensation programs is insufficient and may even be contributing to the income disparity in the United States, according to the Chicago Tribune. OSHA’s report identifies several contributing factors to this escalating problem. Businesses are… Read More
Illinois state senator Dale Righter (Republican of Mattoon) filed a bill that seeks to add “primary causation” to the Illinois workers’ compensation law in a bid to help the state become attractive to financial investment from the business sector, generate employment opportunities for its residents, and put an end to fraud and abuse, the Daily… Read More
Police in Champaign are looking for anyone who can provide witness information regarding a bus accident that occurred earlier this week. According to reports, a Champaign-Urbana Mass Transit District bus struck a 59-year-old woman on Wednesday at the intersection of Logan and Walnut. The victim was taken to Carle Foundation Hospital where she remains in critical condition after… Read More
The Illinois Workers’ Compensation Act is on its way to witnessing reforms that will seek to address the “shortcomings” of the 2011 amendments, Illinois Governor Bruce Vincent Rauner said during his State of the State Address on February 4, Business Insurance reported. Even though Gov. Rauner did not specify what changes he will make exactly to… Read More
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