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Resources & Perspectives
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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
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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.
University - Safety, Work Comp and Risk Management Online Resources
Healthier Workforce Center for Excellence - Univ. of Iowa
Yale EHS (Policies, Procedures & Practices)
McGill (Especially their Internal Responsibility System)
University of Central Florida - Environmental Health & Safety
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
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
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
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)
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
Richard Hawk’s “Make Safety Fun” website
American Society of Safety Engineers
American Industrial Hygiene Association
American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists
The Safety Zone (Published by Chemical & Engineering News)
CDC Injury Prevention & Control
WISQARS - CDC’s Web-based Injury Statistics Query and Reporting System
Drug Side-Effects/Warnings Tool
Physical Job Evaluation Checklist
Weather Conditions & Impact on Fall Protection:
- https://fallprotectionxs.com/blog-how-does-the-weather-affect-a-person-who-is-working-at-height/
- https://fallprotectionxs.com/blog-how-do-weather-conditions-influence-fall-protection-systems/
http://www.oshalawupdate.com/ (Published by OSHA Practice Group at Epstein Becker & Green Law)
Changing Dynamics (Safety Strategy -keeping up with organizational changes/growth)
Religion v. Safety (Commentary from Safety Pros)
Safety Training - workforce evaluation
Best Practices to Comply with ADA
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
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)
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
Mitigate Risk Factors for Long-Term Musculoskeletal Work Disability
Customization & Motivation Key to Ergo
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
Evaluating Safety When Selecting Air Charters
New Int’l Travel Advisory System
Sedentary Work, Ailments and Work Comp
8 Ways to Get More Movement In Throughout Your Day
5 Ways to Work With Leadership for Better Risk Management
Workers’ Compensation Resources
Insurance Information institute - Workers’ Compensation (Overview, national trends and state-by-state updates)
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)
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)
SAW/RTW and Accommodation - getting easier or harder?
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
Study Links WC Policies and Disability
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:
- Insurance Thought Leadership
- Work Comp World - Dave DePaolo
- Insurance Information Institute (III)- letter in response to Propublica
- Propublica’s Response to III Criticism of its Work Comp Report
MT Pain Initiative Conference - UM June 10-11
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”
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
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
America: Look to TX for Model Work Comp
Underreporting of Work Related Disorders
Cultural Competence in HealthCare/WC
WC & Predictive Analytic Myths
Montana State Fund Issues Record Dividend
NAIC Adopts Insurance Data Security Model
Re-Insurance – String of Catastrophes & Pricing
Paying for those Pesky Mommy Issues (Author’s Intentionally inflammatory headline)
NCCI: Drug Costs Fuel Medicare Set-Aside Hikes
What your Employee is Really Thinking When Injured at Work
Work Comp Research Institute (WCRI) Future in Leadership
WC and Robotic Process Automation (RPA)
Major Contributing Cause vs. Exacerbation of Pre-Existing Condition and Return to Baseline
RAND Studies Work Comp for NIOSH
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 $
Tragic Arc of Risk Management at Johnson & Johnson (great, quick read on reputational risk mgt.)
What Does A Model Workers’ Comp Insurer Do?
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
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 300 and 300A Instructions
Feds Boosting Workplace Safety Violation Prosecutions
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)
Spencer v. Zurich American (re: when TTD owed if terminated during transitional duty)
Montana Legislature Website (listen to hearing, read bills etc)
Montana Code Annotated - Work Comp Act (Title 39 Chapter 71)
Annotated Rules of Montana: Search Page | Labor and Industry Rules
Montana Dpt. of Labor and Industry - Employment Relations Division (Work Comp)
Letter to Missoulian re: Subrogation Veto
MT Supreme Court Decision – Nat’l WC Blogger Commentary
Work Comp Study Bill (SJ27):
MT Approves 11% Reduction in NCCI Loss Cost Rate
Government Issues Employer-Reported Workplace Injury and Illness Summary
New Report Signals Feds Are Losing Patience with State Workers’ Compensation Programs
Does the Workers' Compensation System Fulfill its Obligations to Injured Workers?
US House Passes Bill Requiring Firefighter Cancer Registry
WC Settlement & FMLA – 3rd Circuit’s Recent Decision
Moreau v Transportation Insurance Co 2015 MT 5 (RE: wc medical benefits)
Rep Jim Keene (D-Butte) on MSF Management Fee
MSF Policy Holders Sue to Stop Management Fee
WC Infrastructure – Structurally Deficient?
RE: Air Ambulance Court Decisions, WC fee schedules & Federal oversight of State WC Programs
Self-Insurers Required to Report WC Fraud (MD)
Court Dismisses ADA Suit Related to Opioid Use
Mass. AG Protecting Public & Workers & Advocating for Federal Action Re: Asbestos
450 City Employees file Work Comp Claims Following Shooting in City Building
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.