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An Arizona committee has endorsed legislation that would privatize the state's workers' compensation insurer.

Workers' compensation rates in California saw little change in 2009, according to new data. However, the report by the Workers' Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California found that rising unemployment affected insurers' gross written premium, which was down significantly over 2008 numbers.

A plan to separate the Colorado-chartered, but independently run and funded workers' compensation insurance firm from the state's control is dead in the water.

OSHA investigated hazardous federal work sites during FY 2009.

The payment per claim for prescription drugs used to treat injured workers in Florida was nearly 40 percent higher than in most study states, according to the Workers Compensation Research Institute.

Thirteen workers' compensation self-insured groups recently won a two-year legal battle with the New York State Workers' Compensation Board over a series of assessments.

The Building Industry Association of Washington recently filed an initiative that would allow private insurers to enter the state's workers' compensation system.

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is preparing to finalize regulations that will require employers to list work-related musculoskeletal disorders separately from other conditions on the agency's 300 Injury and Illness Log.

The Oklahoma House of Representatives passed legislation to reform the state's workers' compensation system. The reform measures, approved in the Senate in March, now head to conference committee for further consideration before being sent back to both chambers for a final vote.

The American Insurance Association praised lawmakers in Maryland for dropping a provision that would have transferred $20 million in surplus funds from the state's Injured Workers' Compensation Fund.

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration recently sent a letter to approximately 15,000 workplaces with the highest number of injuries and illnesses resulting in days away from work, restricted work activities or job transfers, known as the DART rate.

Officials in Connecticut and Vermont recently announced new measures and legislation aimed at cracking down on employers who misclassify workers as independent contractors to avoid paying workers' compensation and other taxes.

Federal legislation introduced in the House of Representatives would strengthen protections offered under state Occupational Safety and Health Administration plans.

A federal judge put the brakes on a $657 million settlement between the more than 10,000 police, firefighters and construction workers who suffered injuries during rescue and recovery efforts at the World Trade Center and the City of New York and its contractors, citing confusing terms of the deal and high attorney's fees.

The Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation is reviewing proposed rules for a new program aimed at preventing workplace injuries attributed to the use and abuse of drugs.