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April 25, 2024
California Department of Industrial Relations and Cal/OSHA Will Honor Workers’ Memorial Day at Four Events in California on April 28th-29th 2024. Cal/OSHA Joining Partners in Arcadia, Richmond, San Diego and San Francisco.

April 23, 2024
California Division of Workers' Compensation Launches Online Portal for Submission of QME Medical-Legal Reports

April 22, 2024
California Division of Workers’ Compensation Posts Updated Time of Hire Notice

April 22, 2024
Sullivan on Comp Launches ChatSOC. It's an Innovative Chatbot for California Workers' Compensation Professionals Integrated with an Authoritative Legal Treatise

While unemployment across the country has steadily increased in recent months, the market for claims adjusters never seems to slow down. Claims managers, human resources supervisors and recruiters are constantly scrambling to fill vacancies in claims departments big and small.

The fact that so many claims adjusters are needed speaks to the amount of claims to process. And the amount of claims speaks directly to workplace safety. To bring attention to that very issue the AFL-CIO created Worker Memorial Day. The commemoration is held every year on April 28 to remember the millions of workers across the world who are injured or killed on the job.

According to the AFL-CIO, each year, approximately 6,000 people are killed at work, 50,000 die from occupational diseases and millions more are injured. “Ergonomic hazards injure and cripple more than 1.8 million workers each year and remain the nation’s biggest job safety and health problem.”

As part of Worker Memorial Day 2002, the president of the American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE), M. E. “Eddie” Greer, addressed occupational safety, health and environmental professionals at the Biennial Governor’s Pacific Rim Safety & Health Conference in Honolulu, Hawaii. “This, and every day, is a good time to remember the thousands of people that we have lost as a result of workplace accidents, and the thousands more, including ASSE members, who lost their lives during the horrendous terrorist attacks of 9/11.”

April 28 was also the anniversary of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). During ceremonies commemorating both events, OSHA announced a new plan to collect data on the country of origin and primary language capability for all workers killed or injured on the job. The agency will begin the investigation by focusing on construction projects.

“The disproportionately high number of work-related deaths suffered by non-English-speaking – including Hispanic – workers is of grave concern to us,” said John L. Henshaw, assistant secretary of labor for OSHA. “These workers are among the most vulnerable in America. To improve their safety we must clearly identify the underlying problems and trends contributing to the situation.”