Florida Workers' Compensation Lawyer Blog

As amazing as it sounds, Florida cities, counties and other governmental agencies are not required to comply with federal worker safety standards. That means that local governments in South Florida, including Ft. Lauderdale, Boca Raton and West Palm Beach, do not have to comply with the standards set for private businesses by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA).

This is about to change, if the Florida Public Task Force on Workplace Safety gets its way. The report recommends that all Florida governmental entities adopt federal OSHA workplace standards. Hopefully, more stringent safety standards will save lives, prevent injuries and lower the cost of workers' compensation.

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There was much to learn at the 63rd annual Florida Workers' Compensation Conference held in Orlando beginning August 17, 2008. This is a conference which Randy Zeldin, Boca Raton workers' compensation attorney, has been attending for twenty years. This year, there was much discussion of pending workers' compensation litigation in the Florida Supreme Court.

Attendees heard the Hon. Robert S. Cohen, Director and Chief Judge of Administrative Hearing for the State of Florida, was one of many distinguished panelists.

Other panels discussed serious workers' compensation injuries, including exposure to mold and the safety of clean-up workers after hurricanes. Steve Morris, III, M.D., Project Director of Bioterrorism and Disaster Training at the University of South Florida, was a panelist discussing hurricane safety issues. The law office of Randy Zeldin, has represented workers from Pompano Beach to Boynton Beach, who were injured and required a workers' compensation attorney

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