Sentences with phrase «which occupational diseases»
State law determines which occupational diseases are covered.
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By: Simone Liedtke 3rd May 2018 The Legal Resources Centre (LRC), Abrahams Kiewitz and Richard Spoor Attorneys, on behalf of thousands of mineworkers, on Thursday reached a class action settlement with the Occupational Lung Disease (OLD) Working Group, which represents various South African gold mining companies.
In Central America, which has been hit the hardest, the leading hypothesis is that this is an occupational disease, caused by chronic exposure to heat and dehydration in the cane fields.
The row blew up late last year when the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) began a public consultation on setting new limits for working with the dust, which is a major hazard for construction workers, causing serious lung disease.
Following the largest Ebola epidemic in history last year, which claimed the lives of more than 11,000 people in West Africa and ultimately spread to the U.S., public health officials remain concerned about healthcare workers contracting Ebola or other emerging infectious diseases such as SARS and pandemic influenza, says Rachael Jones, UIC associate professor of environmental and occupational and health sciences, one of four co-investigators at UIC.
The office, which will be the insurance - focused firm's tenth in total, is due to open on 2 September and will be made up of 13 partners with expertise in casualty, construction, occupational disease, regulatory, professional indemnity, product liability, property insurance and recovery.
Glyn Jones (who is noted for his «great ability to cut through the important issues and save time and costs») heads the defendant personal injury practice, which includes a six - partner team focused on catastrophic injury claims, as well as teams dedicated to occupational health diseases (particularly deafness), motor claims, costs issues and insurance fraud.
The post-war recovery had created an automation, construction and mining boom but one which, without adequate legal safeguards, gave rise to increased accidents, injury (especially to the lower back) and occupational disease.
The Virginia Worker's Compensation Act requires any employer with two or more employees to carry the insurance, which covers work injuries and occupational diseases.
Any condition for which benefits are paid, recovered or can be recovered, either by adjudication, settlement or otherwise, under any workers» compensation, employer's liability law or occupational disease law, even if the Insured Person does not claim those benefits.
Services for any condition for which benefits are recovered or can be recovered, either by adjudication, settlement or otherwise, under any workers» compensation, employer's liability law or occupational disease law, even if the Insured Person does not claim those benefits.
Care or Treatment for which compensation is payable under Worker's Compensation Law, any Occupational Disease law; the 4800 Time Benefit plan or similar legislation.
On January 31, 2011, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) which is part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will be launching the online Health and Safety Practices Survey of Healthcare Workers with the assistance of their contractor, Westat.
This publication was supported by Cooperative Agreement Numbers 2U50 / OH009739 and 5U50 / OH009739 from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC); U50 / ATU272750 from the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), CDC, which included support from the National Center for Environmental Health, CDC; and by the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (NYC DOHMH).