Article: Workers' compensation plan an early winner

Like a guy with a bad back who is asked to carry a 200-pound drum, Brady Enterprises was straining under the weight of its workers' compensation bill.

The Weymouth food company has only 88 employees, but this year it was facing a $200,000 premium for workers' compensation, an insurance program for injured employees. Co-owner William Brady complained to his insurance company but got no satisfaction. "I told them, `I cannot afford this luxury. There has to be a better way.' "

At Tobey Hospital in Wareham, vice president Wayne Woodford watched the hospital's workers' compensation bill grow to $250,000 from $65,000 in six years, even though the hospital's record on injuries was good. He, ...

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