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Workers Compensation Bills Put Crunch on Ohio Companies.

By Jaclyn Giovis, The Journal-News, Hamilton, Ohio Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Sep. 1--HAMILTON, Ohio -- Thyssenkrupp Bilstein of America, a global manufacturer of shock absorbers with offices in Hamilton, made an assumption this year like many other Ohio companies: That the state of Ohio would issue a workers' compensation dividend, which in the past covered most of the annual premiums paid by companies.

Instead, Bilstein must pay workers comp premiums totaling $166,600 -- $123,690 more than it had to pay last year, company officials said.

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