[WISPA] tower climbers/workers comp insurance

2013-12-11 Thread heith petersen
I had an incident almost a year ago where a tech hurt his back on a water tower wiring in new service. Now the insurance company is starting to raise some questions. If they drop me or prohibit us from doing tower work, where do others go for this coverage? I am assuming its expensive. I want

Re: [WISPA] tower climbers/workers comp insurance

2013-12-11 Thread Sam Tetherow
First Comp is who I use. I contract out my tower work, but still have to pay the workers comp on it because my contractor does not carry the workers comp. The value is computed based on how much I pay him so it is probably quite a bit less than an employee since I only average about $12K

Re: [WISPA] tower climbers/workers comp insurance

2013-12-11 Thread Sean Heskett
In Colorado workmans comp is handled by a quasi government run monopoly. (I think pinical is the name) We specify what % of a workers hours are office, installer, tower climber etc. then they calculate the premium based on that. Sean On Wednesday, December 11, 2013, heith petersen wrote: I