Cal/OSHA Fines BART $210,000 in 2013 Accident that Killed 2 Transit Workers By California DIR - April 17, 2014 The Bay Area Rapid Transit District (BART) was fined today by Cal/OSHA for willful serious safety violations that resulted in two workers being killed by a fast-moving train in Walnut Creek, California last October 2013. The citations carry proposed penalties totaling $210,000.   Cal/OSHA issued the citations for three willful serious violations after its investigation found the following:   • The two workers who were killed, Christopher D. Sheppard and Laurence E. Daniels, did not meet the qualifications to perform work near hazardous energized third-rails. Sheppard was a BART special projects manager, Daniels was a contractor and consulting engineer.   • A trainee was at the controls when the accident occurred—his trainer, a high-ranking transportation manager, was seated in the passenger car with other BART managers and another trainee. He could not view the track from his vantage point in the passenger car.   • BART’s “simple approval” procedures for employees working on the tracks were both inadequate and not followed.   Read More

N.Y. Grand Jury Report Outlines High Costs of Workers' Comp Fraud: Property Casualty 360  March 25, 2014 New York City’s construction industry in 2011 alone cost the city and state approximately $500 million because employers misclassified the type of work their employees did for the purpose of paying workers’ compensation premiums.

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Oscar Flores Hired As Workers' Compensation Manager of Cedars Sinai In Los Angeles By Lonce LaMon - July 26, 2013 Oscar Flores was just hired as the Workers’ Compensation Manager of the Risk Management Department o... Read More