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Why Did OSHA Fine This Bearing Manufacturer $70,000?
Last month, a 42-year-old worker at The Timken Company, which is a bearing and power transmission manufacturing company, sustained an...

John Larrimer
Jun 8, 2016
Are Excavation Companies Putting Workers at Risk?
Trench accidents can happen suddenly and can be devastating. For example, a worker looked up at his site supervisor last month and asked...

John Larrimer
Jun 6, 2016
Why is OSHA Investigating This Ohio Landfill?
Last week, a worker was killed in a landfill accident near Miami Township. The worker was operating a Komatsu D65 Bulldozer in an attempt...

John Larrimer
Jun 1, 2016
Is ‘Employer Intentional’ Tort Law Stopping Families From Holding Employers Responsible for Workplac
In 2012, a blast occurred at Environmental Enterprises, which is a hazardous waste management system in the Spring Grove Village area....

John Larrimer
May 30, 2016
Heirs of Rubber Workers Who Died From Asbestos Poisoning Finally Receiving Settlements
Akron’s rubber industry boomed in the late 1800s and early 1900s when companies like Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company, General Tire and...

John Larrimer
May 25, 2016
Why is OSHA Investigating a Demolition Company?
During the demolition of the old AEP Muskingum River Plant in Beverly, a demolition CEO died and another worker was injured in an...

John Larrimer
May 23, 2016
What Led to OSHA Fining an Ohio Ethanol Production Facility $149,000?
Several violations have led to OSHA fining an Ohio ethanol production facility $149,000. The facility, Three Rivers Energy LLC, was hit...

John Larrimer
May 18, 2016
How is the Fuyao Glass Plant Putting Workers at Risk?
Since we last reported on allegations of the Fuyao Glass plant putting workers at risk, a group of Fuyao workers has banded together to...

John Larrimer
May 16, 2016
Last Month’s Workers Memorial Day Honored the 127 Workers Who Died in Ohio
Last year, 127 Ohio workers lost their lives in workplace accidents. These were hardworking people who lost their lives in accident that...

John Larrimer
May 11, 2016
This New Bill Could Change Workers’ Comp For Firefighters
In a previous blog, we talked about how despite the fact firefighters risk their lives to protect us, the state of Ohio fails to protect...

John Larrimer
May 9, 2016
Why is OSHA Fining a Company in Northwood $30,000?
Last month, a worker was injured when a stacked pile of tubular steel broke loose and crashed on top of the worker’s leg at Macomb’s...

John Larrimer
May 4, 2016
Why is OSHA Investigating the Fuyao Glass America Plant?
The former General Motors plant in Moraine was recently acquired in 2014 and is now the Fuyao Glass America plant. However, the plant is...

John Larrimer
May 2, 2016
Can I Still Receive Ohio Workers Comp If I Fail a Drug Test?
In 2011, a worker at Stark Metal Sales, Inc., in Alliance, Ohio sustained an injury when a giant piece of steel fell on the worker’s...

John Larrimer
Apr 27, 2016
Ohio Launches New Campaign to Protect Highway Workers
Family members of three highway workers who lost their lives in recent work-zone crashes were ceremonially presented with folded American...

John Larrimer
Apr 25, 2016
Why is OSHA Investigating an Ohio Farm?
A 31-year older worker was discovered unconscious at a farm in Vickery, Ohio. It was later determined the worker became unresponsive due...

John Larrimer
Apr 20, 2016
Why is This Lancaster Glass Making Plant Currently Under Investigation?
Earlier this month, a tank collapsed at EveryWare Global, a Lancaster glass making plant, with people inside of it. Contract workers were...

John Larrimer
Apr 18, 2016
Why is OSHA Investigating Aqua Ohio?
Just last month, a 28-year-old worker was helping to remove a waterline in Mentor, Ohio when a trench suddenly collapsed from underneath...

John Larrimer
Apr 13, 2016
What is Cincinnati Proposing to Improve Safety Measures for Cranes?
On February 9, a crane at The Banks project in Cincinnati tipped over while carrying steel over a street structure when it suddenly...

John Larrimer
Apr 11, 2016
Why is OSHA Fining This Roofing Contractor $116,000?
R&B Contractors L.L.C., roofing contractor in Ohio, was fined $116,900 last month by the federal safety regulators at the Occupational...

John Larrimer
Apr 6, 2016
Can a Victim of Workplace Violence File for Workers’ Compensation?
In February, a man wielding a machete attacked innocent people in a restaurant in Columbus, Ohio. According to witnesses, the attacker...

John Larrimer
Apr 4, 2016
Why Does Ohio Have the Most Workplace Deaths in the Midwest?
Last year, a study showed Ohio as the number one state in the Midwest area that has the highest number of workplace deaths. During the...

John Larrimer
Mar 30, 2016
Why Was TimkenSteel Cited…Again?
Last week, a fire technician was found lifeless in a control room located at TimkenSteel’s Faircrest plant. He was unable to be...

John Larrimer
Mar 28, 2016
Worker Injured in Columbus Tree-Removal Accident
Last year, a man was working on a bucket boom truck. This machine looks like a small crane with a bucket tied at the end and was being...

John Larrimer
Mar 23, 2016
Will These Workers’ Comp Changes Help Employees Who Work in Other States?
Normally, employees who temporarily work outside of Ohio run into problems if they become injured outside state lines. While the Bureau...

John Larrimer
Mar 21, 2016
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