FirstReport: Workers' Compensation and OSHA Recordkeeping.

<BODY BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" LINK="CC0000" VLINK="003366"> <BASEFONT=3> <MAP NAME="navbar.map"> <AREA SHAPE="RECT" COORDS="10,253,132,297" HREF="osha300.html"> <AREA SHAPE="RECT" COORDS="10,303,132,346" HREF="screen.html"> <AREA SHAPE="RECT" COORDS="10,353,131,396" HREF="construct.html"> <AREA SHAPE="RECT" COORDS="9,402,132,449" HREF="statepdf.html"> <AREA SHAPE="RECT" COORDS="11,205,132,245" HREF="downform.html"> </MAP> <TABLE WIDTH=580 CELLPADDING=0 CELLSPACING=0 BORDER=0> <TR><TD><A NAME="top"><IMG HEIGHT=1 WIDTH=144 SRC="images/clear.gif"></A></TD><TD><IMG WIDTH=6 HEIGHT=1 SRC="images/clear.gif"></TD> <TD><IMG HEIGHT=1 WIDTH=430 SRC="images/clear.gif"></TD></TR> <TR><TD ALIGN=LEFT VALIGN=TOP><IMG WIDTH=144 HEIGHT=576 SRC="images/navbar.jpg" BORDER=0 USEMAP="#navbar.map" ISMAP> <BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><HR ALIGN=LEFT WIDTH=50><A HREF="#top"><IMG HEIGHT=20 BORDER=0 WIDTH=20 SRC="images/top.gif"></A> <BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><HR ALIGN=LEFT WIDTH=50><A HREF="#top"><IMG HEIGHT=20 BORDER=0 WIDTH=20 SRC="images/top.gif"></A> <BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><HR ALIGN=LEFT WIDTH=50><A HREF="#top"><IMG HEIGHT=20 BORDER=0 WIDTH=20 SRC="images/top.gif"></A> <BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><HR ALIGN=LEFT WIDTH=50><A HREF="#top"><IMG HEIGHT=20 BORDER=0 WIDTH=20 SRC="images/top.gif"></A> <BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><HR ALIGN=LEFT WIDTH=50><A HREF="#top"><IMG HEIGHT=20 BORDER=0 WIDTH=20 SRC="images/top.gif"></A> <BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><HR ALIGN=LEFT WIDTH=50><A HREF="#top"><IMG HEIGHT=20 BORDER=0 WIDTH=20 SRC="images/top.gif"></A> </TD> <TD><IMG WIDTH=6 HEIGHT=1 SRC="images/clear.gif"></TD> <TD ALIGN=LEFT VALIGN=TOP> <CENTER> <TABLE WIDTH=426 CELLPADDING=0 CELLSPACING=0 BORDER=0> <TR> <TD><A HREF="welcome.html"><IMG WIDTH=71 HEIGHT=16 BORDER=0 SRC="images/homebut.gif"></A></TD> <TD><A HREF="freport.html"><IMG WIDTH=71 HEIGHT=16 BORDER=0 SRC="images/probut.gif"></A></TD> <TD><A HREF="saf.html"><IMG WIDTH=71 HEIGHT=16 BORDER=0 SRC="images/safbut.gif"></A></TD> <TD><A HREF="construct.html"><IMG WIDTH=71 HEIGHT=16 BORDER=0 SRC="images/faqbut.gif"></A></TD> <TD><A HREF="links.html"><IMG WIDTH=71 HEIGHT=16 BORDER=0 SRC="images/linkbut.gif"></A></TD> <TD><A HREF="contact.html"><IMG WIDTH=71 HEIGHT=16 BORDER=0 SRC="images/conbut.gif"></A></TD> </TR> </TABLE> </CENTER> <FONT FACE="Arial, Helvetica">  <IMG WIDTH=430 HEIGHT=5 SRC="images/clear.gif"> <IMG WIDTH=430 HEIGHT=45 SRC="images/comphead.gif"> <P> Welcome to the Workers' Comp Exchange. This site is for the exchange of information and commentary about workers'compensation issues. Much of the material covered will be basic in nature. Although we hope to be a forum for learning, our goal is not necessarily to cover topics you don't know anything about. We would rather put a different slant on things. Hopefully this approach will help you become more persuasive when the time comes to present your ideas to peers, bosses, customers, or whoever. <P> <HR> <A NAME="feature"><FONT SIZE=+2><B>Workers' Comp Information Sources</B></FONT></A><BR> There are many organizations and publications that can be extremely useful to anyone who wants to learn about workers' compensation. We don't pretend to know about all of them, but would like to pass on some information about a few we have found to be particularly valuable. <P> <HR> <A NAME="organizations"><FONT SIZE=+1><B>Organizations</B></FONT></A> <P> <A HREF="http://www.ncci.com/"><B>The National Council on Compensation Insurance, Inc.</B></A> (NCCI)<BR> Located in Boca Raton, Florida NCCI is the nation's largest information company serving the workers compensation marketplace. They wrote the book on workers' compensation insurance policies (literally). In addition to providing rate making, statistical, and experience modification information to insurance companies and governmental agencies, NCCI also publishes excellent inexpensive booklets which explain the various factors that affect workers' comp insurance premiums. NCCI also publishes short loss control booklets which are occasionally available for free download on their web site. <P> For More Information Contact: <MENU> <B>NCCI</B><BR> 750 Park of Commerce<BR> Boca Raton, Florida 33487<BR> Phone: (800) 622-4123<BR> Facsimile: (561) 989-6180<BR> Website: www.ncci.com </MENU> <P> <B>The Workers' Compensation Research Institute</B> (WCRI)<BR> Located in Cambridge, Massachusetts WCRI sponsors in depth research projects about various workers' comp subjects. They also publish a series of state by state in depth overviews which tell you everything you want to know about workers' compensation systems, laws, and regulatory agencies in various states. <P> For More Information Contact: <MENU> <B>WCRI</B><BR> 101 Main Street<BR> Cambridge, MA 02142<BR> Phone: (617) 494-1240<BR> Facsimile: (617) 494-5240 </MENU> <P> <BR> <A HREF="http://www.iaiabc.org/"><B>The International Association of Industrial Accident Boards and Commissions</B></A> (IAIABC)<BR> An acronym that is too long to pronounce and too short to be a telephone number. The IAIABC serves the needs of the workers compensation system through promoting efficient and far sighted regulation and administration of the law. The organization produces publications, leads a national effort to standardize First Reports of Injury and promote electronic data interchange between insurers and state jurisdictions, and sponsors the annual workers' compensation college for the purpose of providing an intensive, five day course of study in the field of workers compensation. <P> For More Information Contact: <MENU> <B>IAIABC</B><BR> 8643 Hauser, Suite 200<BR> Shawnee Mission, KS 66215<BR> Phone: (913) 541-1131<BR> Facsimile: (913) 541-1440<BR> E-Mail:<A HREF="mailto:workcomp@iaiabc.org"> workcomp@iaiabc.org</A><BR> Website: www.iaiabc.org </MENU> <P> <HR> <A NAME="newsletters"><FONT SIZE=+2><B>Newsletters</B></FONT></A> <P> <A HREF="http://www.mleesmith.com/wc/ewwc.html/"><B>On Workers' Compensation</B></A><BR> If you can only subscribe to one newsletter, this has gotta be it. Published by Ed (not bad for a former plaintiff's attorney) Welch, this monthly newsletter is an invaluable and well written source of information, analysis, and ideas for anyone who is involved in workers' compensation risk management. <P> For More Information Contact: <MENU> <B>On Workers' Compensation</B><BR> 4990 Northwind Drive, Suite 230<BR> East Lansing, MI 48823<BR> Phone: (517) 332-5266<BR> Facsimile: (517) 332-5273<BR> Email: <A HREF="mailto:WorkCompNet@acd.net">WorkCompNet@acd.net</A><BR> Website: www.ewwc.com </MENU> <P> <BR> <A HREF="http://www.bna.com/mkt/hrl/n.WORK.html/"><B>BNA Workers' Compensation Report</B></A><BR> If you can only subscribe to two newsletters, this should be the other one. Published by the Bureau of National Affairs, this bi-weekly publication is indispensable if you need to keep up with anything or everything that happens in workers' compensation, anywhere in the USA. <P> For More Information Contact: <MENU> <B>The Bureau of National Affairs, Inc.</B><BR> P.O. Box 40947<BR> Washington DC 20077-4928<BR> Phone: (800) 372-1033<BR> Website: www.bna.com/hub/bna/humres/n.WORK.html </MENU> <P> <HR> <A NAME="books"><FONT SIZE=+2><B>Books</B></FONT></A> <P> <B><I>Workers' Comp Management from A to Z</I></B> by Nancy Nivison Menzel<BR> A step by step blueprint for employers to follow in implementing and managing a workers' compensation management program. In our opinion, this is the very best book out on this topic. <P> For More Information Contact: <MENU> <A HREF="http://www.oempress.com/"><B>OEM Press</A></B><BR> 8 West Street<BR> Beverly Farms, MA 01915<BR> Phone: (800) 533-8046<BR> Website: www.oempress.com </MENU> <P> <B><I>Employer's Guide to Workers' Compensation</I></B> by Edward M. Welch <BR> More good stuff from Ed Welch. He doesn't leave anything out in this comprehensive volume. <P> For More Information Contact: <MENU> <A HREF="http://www.bna.com/bnabooks/index.html"><B>BNA Books</B></A> (Select the Human Resource Management Link) <BR> P.O. Box 40947<BR> Washington DC 20077-4928<BR> Phone: (800) 960-1220<BR> Website: www.bna.com </MENU> <P> <BR> <B><I>Workers' Compensation Yearbook</I></B>edited by John Burton and Timothy Schmidle <BR> Containing highlights from the respected newsletter, John Burton's Workers' Compensation Monitor, the articles are much more in depth and scholarly than you will find in On Workers' Compensation, but not as readable. Also contains a treasure chest of statistical tables that on their own are worth the high price of this annual book. <P> For More Information Contact: <MENU> <A HREF="http://www.lrp.com/Workers/workbooks.htm#98/"><B>LRP Publications</B></A><BR> 747 Dresher Road<BR> Horsham, PA 19044<BR> Website: www.lrp.com/Workers/worker.htm </MENU> <BR> <HR> <A NAME="websites"><FONT SIZE=+2><B>Websites</B></FONT></A> <P> <A HREF="http://www.comp.state.nc.us/"><B>Comp.net</B></A> (www.comp.state.nc.us)<BR> Published by the North Carolina Industrial Commission, this site is not just for Tar Heels. In our opinion, it is the best workers' comp site on the World Wide Web. Contains the mother of all workers' comp links listings, related WWW and Gopher sites.</A> <P> <A HREF="http://www.osha.gov/"><B>OSHA Home Page</B></A> (www.osha.gov) <BR> Everything you always wanted to know about OSHA.<BR> <I>*But were afraid to ask the inspector.</I>  <P> <BR> <TABLE WIDTH=426 CELLPADDING=0 CELLSPACING=0 BORDER=0> <TR> <TD><A HREF="welcome.html"><IMG WIDTH=71 HEIGHT=16 BORDER=0 SRC="images/homebut.gif"></A></TD> <TD><A HREF="freport.html"><IMG WIDTH=71 HEIGHT=16 BORDER=0 SRC="images/probut.gif"></A></TD> <TD><A HREF="saf.html"><IMG WIDTH=71 HEIGHT=16 BORDER=0 SRC="images/safbut.gif"></A></TD> <TD><A HREF="construct.html"><IMG WIDTH=71 HEIGHT=16 BORDER=0 SRC="images/faqbut.gif"></A></TD> <TD><A HREF="links.html"><IMG WIDTH=71 HEIGHT=16 BORDER=0 SRC="images/linkbut.gif"></A></TD> <TD><A HREF="contact.html"><IMG WIDTH=71 HEIGHT=16 BORDER=0 SRC="images/conbut.gif"></A></TD> </TR> </TABLE> <P> <FONT FACE="Arial, Helvetica, Sanserif" SIZE=-1> Send email to <A HREF="mailto:info@firstreport.com">info@firstreport.com</A> with questions or comments about this site.<BR> FirstReport is a trademark of Really Useful Technology. 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