Workers’ comp premiums decline in Wisconsin
- Wisconsin companies will pay 8.47 percent less in worker’s compensation insurance rates starting Oct. 1, 2022.
- The lower rates reflect continued worker safety improvements by employers in Wisconsin, which has a record number of people working and a May unemployment rate of just 2.9 percent.
- The 2022 rate decrease, approved by the Wisconsin Commissioner of Insurance, marks the seventh year in a row worker’s compensation insurance premiums have declined in the state.
- The latest reduction in premiums is expected to save Wisconsin employers about $146 million.
ExxonMobil worker injured in Lousiana
- A worker was injured at an ExxonMobil plastics plant in Baton Rouge, La.
- The worker was treated on the scene before being taken to a local hospital for more evaluations.
- ExxonMobil did not provide details on how the worker was injured and the investigation is ongoing.
- The company said its highest priority remains the safety of its workforce and the surrounding community.
Illinois worker killed in an electrical accident
- An electrical accident in Streator, Ill., hospitalized four people and killed one worker.
- Seth Durand, 22, of Roanoke, Ill, was transferred to Springfield Memorial Hospital and was later pronounced dead.
- Durand was one of five workers for Double L Seamless Gutters that suffered electrical shocks as they worked on ladders at a three-story residence.
- The electrocutions occurred when a piece of aluminum gutter struck a power line.
Amy’s Kitchen faces complaints
- Workers at Amy’s Kitchen, which makes vegetarian frozen and canned food, alleged the company has unsafe conditions.
- The company’s newest plant in San Jose, Calif., reportedly closed because of inflation.
- Six workers at the San Jose factory told NBC News they were subjected to demeaning behavior by supervisors and unsafe conditions.
- Some of those workers alleged there was an unofficial policy that they could only use the bathroom during lunch and designated break times.