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The physical rigors of police work are well known even to those outside the field. Officers must be physically fit, able to overpower suspects and defend themselves - even without the benefit of a firearm. But a danger affecting a wide swath of law enforcement that tends to get far less attention involves the mental...

In the state of Ohio, employers generally must purchase workers' compensation insurance to provide coverage for employees. This insurance is very important because it covers all workers who get hurt on-the-job, regardless of how the injury happened or whether an employer was responsible in any way for the injury. If workers' comp did not exist,...

Each year, construction workers could face more than $46 million in collective losses because they need medical treatment or are forced to take time off from work due to work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WMSDs). While there has been a big decline in the total number of work-related musculoskeletal disorders suffered by construction workers annually, this type of...

When a highway patrol officer was involved in an accident on-the-job, he should have had all of his injuries covered by workers' compensation insurance. The injured officer suffers from lingering neck and back pain. He is eager to return to work, but he has not been able to do so. Instead, he, and his physicians,...

Throughout the country, workers' compensation benefits are being curtailed. Workers' compensation has long guaranteed workers the right to receive medical care benefits when they are hurt at work. Workers' comp also guarantees disability coverage if an employee is temporarily or permanently unable to work, or cannot work enough to earn income as he would if...

According to data from Bureau of Labor Statistics, there were 121,300 recordable workplace injuries in the state of Ohio in a recent year, 37,200 of which resulted in days away from work. These workplace injuries affected not just workers, but their families as well. Workers' compensation benefits should protect injured workers from financial loss and should...

Workplace injury information must be made public under new regulations Information about workplace accidents that result in injuries or illness must be made available to the public under new, nationwide regulations created to provide more transparency and ultimately reduce the number of workplace injuries across the country. The new, online database created by the Labor...