Resources & Perspectives

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MUS Work Comp Program shares or reposts these links to provide general information and resources related to workplace safety and workers’ compensation. The information, views and opinions expressed in these articles are solely those of the original authors and contributors. These views and opinions do not necessarily represent those of the MUS Work Comp Program or other contributors; conversely, articles that offer divergent perspectives are intentionally included.

MUS Work Comp Program does not guarantee that the information contained in these shared articles is accurate or complete. The information provided is not independently verified by the MUS Work Comp Program.  The MUS Work Comp Program will not be responsible for any information found on linked web sites or their associated links.

Note: Most recent additions are in bold

University - Safety, Work Comp and Risk Management Online Resources

Healthier Workforce Center for Excellence - Univ. of Iowa

Cornell University EHS

Yale EHS  (Policies, Procedures & Practices)

McGill     (Especially their Internal Responsibility System)

University of Central Florida - Environmental Health & Safety

Stanford University EHS

UCLA EHS

University Risk Management & Insurance Association (URMIA)  (Some resources require URMIA membership. All MUS units have a designated member; contact Director to identify a campus URMIA member)

Lab Waste Disposal Tool  - Web-based tool to assist lab employees

FEMA’s “Campus Ready” resources

Yale - Integrated Risk Management

University of Calgary - Risk Management and Insurance

Oregon State University - Risk Management

Indiana University - Office of Insurance, Loss Control & Claims

Westmont - Office of Risk Management

CDC Recommendations Concerning Lab Safety

Virginia Tech Environmental Health and Safety

University of Texas Lab Safety

Laboratory Safety in University Environment: A Collaborative Effort Between Safety Pros & Lab Personnel.  (Flier for Nov 2, 2016 Webinar)

Risk Assessment Tools (Universities):

Oregon State Risk Assessment Tools

University of California Enterprise Risk and Resilience 

UW Ag Safety & Health Center

CaseInPoint – Auburn Univ. monthly risk newsletter  with links to  full spectrum of risks trending in higher ed – audit, cyber, compliance, fraud, safety , etc.

Campus Safety, Health & Environmental Management Association - EHS Leadership in Higher Education

U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB) released a safety bulletin - Key Lessons for Preventing Incidents from Flammable Chemicals in Educational Demonstrations

After the Rainbow

Lesson learned video: An acid spill without a lab coat

Universities - Improving Lab Safety

Biolabs In Your Backyard (USA Today Questions Safety & Security of BSL3 and BSL4)

University - Risk Managing or Risk Averse

10-2-14 Missoulian article on MUS foreign travel

U of Hawaii Lab Explosion Investigation Report (Fire Dpt. investigation reports into 3.16.16 explosion in a biofuels research lab resulted in researcher losing an arm after earlier unreported explosion. Investigative Report)

Professor Mauled by Bear While Teaching

MissoulaReady! - UM Collaborates w/ City & County on Disaster Preparedness Website

UCLA Murder-Suicide on Campus

MT Tech Students Win World Championship in Health, Safety, Security, Environmental and Social Responsibility

Instructor Safety (Opinion re: students cheating at MT Tech)

Unsung Campus: 5 Jobs Powering the Modern College

Student Interns and WC (Independent Agents magazine)

GA WC Program for State & University Employees –Runs Deficit 7/10 Years

NC Univ. Employee Files Retaliation Lawsuit Over Alleged Mold Exposure

Concussion Lawsuits against University Athletic Programs Consolidated to Class Action

Federal Judge Intends to Broker Opioid Settlement

Bridge collapse-What we know so far (and speculation)

GDPR Compliance

UM’s New Measures to Prepare for Worst

MSUB – Preparing for Disease Outbreak

College Sports, Paying Players and Workers’ Compensation

Professors, Research $, Moonlighting & Conflicts of Interest

Safety Health and Risk Management Online Resources

Changing Dynamics (Safety Strategy -keeping up with organizational changes/growth)

Religion v. Safety (Commentary from Safety Pros)

Safety Fables

Safety Training - workforce evaluation

Best Practices to Comply with ADA

WC Time Loss and FMLA

Counterfeit N95 Respirators

Case study on risk evaluation of nanosilver ink  (growing concern over  release of AgNPs in workplaces (manufacture and application of nanomaterials) perhaps researchers as well?

U.S. DHHS NTP Study Supports Cell Phone Radiation and Cancer Rates in Animals

Common workplace injuries

List of Free Safety Videos (from Richard Hawk)

NIOSH+OSHA Heat Safety Tool mobile app

Workplace Safety Debate – Human Behavior

Make America’s Classrooms and Workplaces Safe Again

Nat’l Safety Council Safe Driver Kit (FREE)

Worst Mistake People Can Make at Work

Susan Hardwood Grant (for worker safety training, especially targeting underserved)

2017 Harwood Grant Recipients & Projects (Note that many are colleges/universities)

Reforming Workplace Safety

Risk Compensation – “Why Safety Can Be Dangerous”

Choosing Best Sit-Stand Desk Riser

SAW/RTW Research & State Demonstration Projects (US DOL List of Resources and Reports)

CDC – Rx Awareness (Opioids - Resources/Materials)

BLS Employee Injury Data Inaccuracies

Crashes vs Accidents

Treating Back Pain with Words

Mitigate Risk Factors for Long-Term Musculoskeletal Work Disability

Customization & Motivation Key to Ergo

MT #3 for Worker Fatalities

The Montana Pain Conference: Evolving Science & Modalities (April 5-6, Missoula)

Lost Posture: Why Some Indigenous Cultures May Not Have Back Pain

Crash Course in Crisis Communication

Improve Ops w/o Sacrificing Worker Safety (Harvard Business Review)

Native Peoples’ Concepts of Health and Illness

Telecommuting-Hidden Risks

Evaluating Safety When Selecting Air Charters

New Int’l Travel Advisory System

Sedentary Work, Ailments and Work Comp

Workplaces Getting Safer

Resilience

Yoga Ball And Office Seating

8 Ways to Get More Movement In Throughout Your Day

5 Ways to Work With Leadership for Better Risk Management

FMLA-ADA --Recent DOL & Court Opinions

Slip Simulator Training

It’s “Snow” Wonder S/T/F

Illusory Safety: Are you Playing a Role?

Workers’ Compensation Resources

Insurance Information institute - Workers’ Compensation  (Overview, national trends and state-by-state updates) 

Workers Comp Blogwire

Work Comp Insider (Published by Lynch Ryan- not associated with MT State Legislator named Ryan Lynch)

Workcomp Writer  (Published by Thomas A. Robinson, JD)

WorkersCompensation.com  (Published by Robert Wilson)

Managed Care Matters  (Published by Joseph Paduda)

Official Medicare Set Aside Blog and Information Resource  (Published by MEDVAL, LLC)

Reduce Your Workers Comp (Published by Amaxx Risk Solutions, Inc.)

A blog focusing on Return to Wellness  (Blog is customer service and marketing arm of Eastern Alliance Insurance Group, offering perspective and stay-at-work/return-to-work issues)

http://rwwcomplaw.com/category/blog/   (Published by Reinisch Wilson Weier PC - Workers’ Compensation Defense Blog)

http://www.safetynational.com/conferencechronicles/  (Published by Safety National - highlights & trends from industry events)

http://workerscompperspectives.blogspot.com/  (By Terry Bogyo, former Director at WorkSafeBC - Commentary on Occupational Health and Safety that transcend international borders)

Best Work Comp Blogs 2016

SAW/RTW and Accommodation - getting easier or harder?

A New Force for Change

National Employers Push for Comp Options

Point - Counter Point Article - Should There Be a National WC Commission 21st Century (from IAIABC - International Assoc. Of Industrial Accident Boards and Commissions) 

ADA and SAW/RTW Article

ProPublica - The Demolition of Workers’ Comp

Interactive graphic on schedule of benefits per body part for each state (MT doesn’t schedule by body part, but they have done a conversion to present MT information as if it does)

Work at Home and personal activities

Rx Costs in WC

Psychosocial Disability

SSA and Work Comp

Study Links WC Policies and Disability

CFO Article "Cost of Mistrust”

MT Work Comp theft prosecution

Cook Bitten by Co-Worker’s Dog While on Smoke Break Qualifies for Comp (included this one just for the headline!)

Work Comp Fraud - Guilty Plea in Butte

Oil & Gas Cos. Dodging Work Comp in ND

Daylight Savings Linked to Increased Workplace accidents

Making Dollars and Sense of WC and Safety

Responses to Propublica/OSHA articles:

MT Pain Initiative Conference - UM June 10-11

How Should WC Evolve?

What is Occupational and Environmental Medicine - Who are “OccDocs”? (Video)

WC For MT Volunteer Firefighters

Helena Public Schools Switch to Montana State Fund

WC Summit “National Conversation” 

NCCI- State of the Line

Function Loss v Financial Loss

Grand Bargain (WC)   (macro/micro, yin/yang, etc etc.)

Informed Consent – Method affects understanding

Workers’ Compensation Recovery Program

10 things to know about the Oregon Study

Drug Monitoring Database

WC Customer Service – it can’t be outsourced -
Part 1 | Part 2

OH Requiring Conservative Care before Lumbar Fusion

OH’s What to Know about Lumbar Fusion Surgery

Settlements Without Unintended Consequences

Grand Bargain w/out Exclusive Remedy

Stale State of Reform

America: Look to TX for Model Work Comp

Underreporting of Work Related Disorders

Pain Treatment Alternatives

NCCI Trends and Commenters

Marijuana access through WC

Cultural Competence in HealthCare/WC

Acupuncture in WC

WC & Predictive Analytic Myths

Medical Care & FMLA Calendar

Montana State Fund Issues Record Dividend

MSF Record Dividend

Interactive Process As Guide

How to Grade your Adjuster

NAIC Adopts Insurance Data Security Model

WC as Percentage of Payroll

Re-Insurance – String of Catastrophes & Pricing

Paying for those Pesky Mommy Issues (Author’s Intentionally inflammatory headline)

WC State of the Onion

NCCI: Drug Costs Fuel Medicare Set-Aside Hikes

Costs of Worker Obesity

Opioid Alternatives

What your Employee is Really Thinking When Injured at Work

Generation Z Entering the Workforce (d.o.b. 1996-2009) Most educated generation is very different than Gen Xers.

Work Comp Research Institute (WCRI) Future in Leadership

WC and Robotic Process Automation (RPA)

Spinal Cord Stimulators

Survey: WC Satisfaction Rates

Major Contributing Cause vs. Exacerbation of Pre-Existing Condition and Return to Baseline

RAND Studies Work Comp for NIOSH

Top 10 WC Cases 2018

MT Supreme Court – WC Insurer Can Not Compel Worker to Undergo Psych Eval.

Promoting RTW in Individuals with Co-Morbid Musculoskeletal Pain and Depression (Research Paper)

Addressing SAW/RTW Communication

Early PT Leads to Better Outcomes, Less $

WC Improvement Strategies

Tragic Arc of Risk Management at Johnson & Johnson (great, quick read on reputational risk mgt.)

What Does A Model Workers’ Comp Insurer Do?

Employment Time Before Lost-Time Injury May Predict Likelihood of Future Work Injuries (Johns Hopkins Study)

Mental Health Overlooked by Work Comp

Stop Making Excuses – Focus on Return to Work 

Combat the Devastating Cycle of Rx Cascades & Other WC Drug $ Drivers 
Young Doctors Burning Out

Liability, Work Comp, Health Benefits & Subrogation

Elevating the Standards of Workers’ Recovery: Employer Style

Millennials – Concerning Health Indicators, Comorbidities & WC

Big Picture of Work Comp Costs

Idaho Court Decision re: WC Excusive Remedy Exception and Employer “Conscious Disregard” (Analysis/Commentary)

WC Benefits – Shrinking or Keeping Pace  (could be subtitled, “lies, damn lies & statistics” -- M.Twain)

Preventing Small Injuries from Becoming Big Claims

RTW is Not the First Thing To Discuss

Power of the Placebo Effect Explained

Regulation, Recording/Reporting and Court Decisions

OSHA-BLS 2015 Occupational Injury and Illness Data

OSHA Adding Inequality to Injury
(The above 2 scathing reports on status of workers’ compensation in USA are getting big play in work comp world)

OSHA’s NEW Recordkeeping Requirements (effective 1/1/2015)

OSHA

OSHA 300 and 300A Instructions

Feds Boosting Workplace Safety Violation Prosecutions

WC State Jurisdiction Case

Court Denied Petition for Review (FL case challenging work comp exclusive remedy. Denial was jurisdictional, not on merits of the case)

TTD after MMI (non-MT court decision)

OSHA Releases UPDATED Recommended Practices for Workplace Safety & Health Programs

TRIA Passes House & Senate(TRIA is federal backstop on losses related to terrorism– relevant to MUS primarily because it affects excess insurance market)

CMS

 

Disclaimer:  MUS Work Comp Program shares or reposts these links to provide general information and resources related to workplace safety and workers’ compensation. The information, views and opinions expressed in these articles are solely those of the original authors and contributors. These views and opinions do not necessarily represent those of the MUS Work Comp Program or other contributors; conversely, articles that offer divergent perspectives are intentionally included.

MUS Work Comp Program does not guarantee that the information contained in these shared articles is accurate or complete. The information provided is not independently verified by the MUS Work Comp Program.  The MUS Work Comp Program will not be responsible for any information found on linked web sites or their associated links.