Local business owner accused of ‘trying to game’ workers’ comp system

State investigators have accused the owner of a Camas-based home construction and remodeling company of bilking the state’s workers’ compensation program of $127,000. 

The Washington State Department of Labor and Industries (L&I) began its investigation into Daniel Joseph LeSieur in the spring of 2020, after discovering that the Washougal man — who had filed workers’ compensation claims after injuring his left shoulder while shoveling asphalt in 2018, according to an L&I news release — “was associated as a principal or owner with several construction businesses in the past.”