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...orrowing employer rents a piece of heavy construction machinery from the lending employer and opera...

...orrowing employer rents a piece of heavy construction machinery from the lending employer and opera...

...orking with equipment and handling heavy materials. When heavy objects, employees should bend their ...tc., must not be worn around moving machinery or other places they can get caught. Machinery shall not be repaired or adjuste...

... creation of a new contract of hire for even a short period, the employee is presumed to have continued to work for the lending employer. For the borrowing employer to be liable for Workers' Comp benefits, it's necessary to show a transfer of control over the employee. It doesn't matter that the lending employer pays the employee. A perfect example occurs when the borrowing employer rents a piece of heavy construction machinery from the lending employer and operator of that equipment. In this situation, an injury sustained by the employee should be the responsibility of the borrowing employer. This is true even when the borrower may pay a flat fee for the equipment and use of the operator. In one case, one employer sued another for contributions to Comp benefits. Both employers carried Workers' Comp insurance. ... . The claimant sued the first company (GSX), which responded that tort claims were barred because it was the statutory employer of the claimant at the time of the injury. The court held that GSX was an employer and thus immune. In another case, a shop owner hired a builder to add an extension onto his establishment. The contractor hired a second contractor to purchase and install dry-cleaning machinery, including all necessary piping. When the machinery arrived, the second contractor hired the claimant to install the burners and hook up the pressing machines. The second contractor would pick up the claimant every morning and drop him off at the job site. The second contractor instructed the claimant on what had to be done and supplied all necessary materials. The claimant, an alcoholic, went out for ...

... the creation of a new contract of hire for even a short period, the employee is presumed to have continued to work for the lending employer. For the borrowing employer to be liable for Workers Comp benefits, it's necessary to show a transfer of control over the employee. It doesn't matter that the lending employer pays the employee. A perfect example occurs when the borrowing employer rents a piece of heavy construction machinery from the lending employer and operator of that equipment. In this situation, an injury sustained by the employee should be the responsibility of the borrowing employer. This is true even when the borrower may pay a flat fee for the equipment and use of the operator. In one case, one employer sued another for contributions to Comp benefits. Both employers carried Workers Comp insurance. Such ... . The claimant sued the first company (GSX), which responded that tort claims were barred because it was the statutory employer of the claimant at the time of the injury. The court held that GSX was an employer and thus immune. In another case, a shop owner hired a builder to add an extension onto his establishment. The contractor hired a second contractor to purchase and install dry-cleaning machinery, including all necessary piping. When the machinery arrived, the second contractor hired the claimant to install the burners and hook up the pressing machines. The second contractor would pick up the claimant every morning and drop him off at the job site. The second contractor instructed the claimant on what had to be done and supplied all necessary materials. The claimant, an alcoholic, went out for ...