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Resources & Perspectives
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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.
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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
- 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
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
- Universities - Improving Lab Safety
- Biolabs In Your Backyard (USA Today Questions Safety & Security of BSL3 and BSL4)
- Universities - 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
- 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
- Professors, Research $, Moonlighting & Conflicts of Interest
Safety Health and Risk Management Online Resources
- Richard Hawk’s “Make Safety Fun” website
- American Society of Safety Professionals
- American Industrial Hygiene Association
- American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists
- Safeopedia
- CDC Injury Prevention & Control
- WISQARS - CDC’s Web-based Injury Statistics Query and Reporting System
- Summit Safety Group: "Safe" or "Safe Enough?"
- Physical Job Evaluation Checklist
- Safety Built In not Bolted On
- OSHA’s Winter Weather Safety Page
- National Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries
Weather Conditions & Impact on Fall Protection:
- Changing Dynamics (Safety Strategy -keeping up with organizational changes/growth)
- Religion v. Safety (Commentary from Safety Pros)
- Safety Fables
- WC Time Loss and FMLA
- Counterfeit N95 Respirators
- Case study on risk evaluation of nanosilver ink (growing concern over release of AgNPs in workplaces
- Common workplace injuries
- 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 Training Grant Program (for worker safety training, especially targeting underserved)
- 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)
- Crashes vs Accidents
- Treating Back Pain with Words
- Customization & Motivation Key to Ergo
- 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
- Workplaces Getting Safer
- 5 Ways to Work With Leadership for Better Risk Management
- Slip Simulator Training
- It’s “Snow” Wonder S/T/F
Workers’ Compensation Resources
- Spotlight On: 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
- 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)
- Workers’ Compensation Defense Blog (Published by Reinisch Wilson Weier PC)
- Safety National Blog - highlights & trends from industry events
- Workers' Compensation Perspectives Blog (By Terry Bogyo, former Director at WorkSafeBC - Commentary on Occupational Health and Safety that transcend international borders)
- 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!)
- Daylight Savings Linked to Increased Workplace accidents
- Making Dollars and Sense of WC and Safety
- Insurance Thought Leadership
- Insurance Information Institute-A Letter to the Editor About Workers Compensation
- Propublica’s Response to III Criticism of its Work Comp Report
- How Should WC Evolve?
- What is Occupational and Environmental Medicine - Who are “OccDocs”? (Video)
- WC For MT Volunteer Firefighters
- 10 things to know about the Oregon Study
- WC Customer Service – it can’t be outsourced -
Part 1 | Part 2 - How to Settle Without Unintended Consequences
- America: Look to TX for Model Work Comp
- Underreporting of Work Related Disorders
- Marijuana access through WC
- Cultural Competence in HealthCare/WC
- Acupuncture in WC
- WC & Predictive Analytic Myths
- Medical Care & FMLA Calendar
- Interactive Process As Guide
- How to Grade your Adjuster
- NAIC Adopts Insurance Data Security Model
- WC as Percentage of Payroll
- Opioid Alternatives
- WC and Robotic Process Automation (RPA)
- Spinal Cord Stimulators
- Survey: WC Satisfaction Rates
- 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
- 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
- Big Picture of Work Comp Costs
- Idaho Court Decision re: WC Excusive Remedy Exception and Employer “Conscious Disregard” (Analysis/Commentary)
- Preventing Small Injuries from Becoming Big Claims
- Power of the Placebo Effect Explained
Regulation, Recording/Reporting and Court Decisions
- OSHA
- OSHA 300 and 300A Instructions
- Feds Boosting Workplace Safety Violation Prosecutions
- WC State Jurisdiction Case
- TTD after MMI (non-MT court decision)
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
Montana Dpt. of Labor and Industry - Employment Relations Division (Work Comp)
Work Comp Study Bill (SJ27):
- PPD Ruling in OK
- Federal Role in State WC?
- Does the Workers' Compensation System Fulfill its Obligations to Injured Workers?
- 19th Annual Report of the National Academy of Social Insurance on Workers Compensation: Benefits, Coverage, and Costs
- US House Passes Bill Requiring Firefighter Cancer Registry
- Genetics and WC Apportionment
- WC Settlement & FMLA – 3rd Circuit’s Recent Decision
- Rep Jim Keene (D-Butte) on MSF Management Fee
- 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
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.