The New Year will be bringing some changes to the guidelines defining when workplace injuries and fatalities must be reported to the U.S....

The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has issued three citations to Parker Hannifin Corp....

An Ohio appellate court has ruled in favor of a widow whose husband was killed in a 30-foot drop in October 2011. The widow will be...

The Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health has reported that last year’s Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses...

A survey conducted by Summit Pharmacy Inc., an American workers’ compensation pharmacy, has found that many Americans hold a stigma...

Five days after sustaining a head injury while working a conveyor belt, an Ohio United States Postal Service employee was fired for...

Kosta Karageorge, a 22-year-old OSU football player, was found dead of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound in a Columbus dumpster on...

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has about 2,200 inspectors in the United States, which translates to one officer for...

The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) has approved a new rule that will help injured workers obtain medication following their...

A 21-year-old Noblesville, Indiana man, Anthony J. Brock, was killed at his workplace, IDCastings, an ironworking plant recently. Early...

An anonymous security guard for the Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station in York County, Pennsylvania is at odds with his employers over the...

When it comes to the safety of employees, one of the most dangerous places one can work is in a hospital. Hospital workers work long...

The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration released a statement on November 17, 2014 to highlight the...

In late August of 2014, tragedy struck the Woods family of Garfield Heights, Ohio, when the family patriarch’s clothing caught in the...

The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has issued a litany of citations totaling $77,000 to...

The Ohio Supreme Court made a 5-2 decision against recognizing the doctrine of dual intent. The catalyst for this decision involved a...

Most work-related accidents are rather ordinary, such as a slip and fall accident, heavy lifting accident, tripping accident or vehicular...

A 33-year-old welder was killed at a Cohen Recycling Center in West Carrollton, Ohio. Early reports indicate that he was electrocuted....

In May 2014, a long-time employee of Alpha Baking Co. Inc. was killed by a piece of unguarded baking machinery. According to reports from...

Falls are the leading cause of fatal construction worker accidents. Even falls from low heights can result in brain or spinal cord...

In some manufacturing facilities, finely ground particles can stay suspended in the air long after work has ended. Workers can experience...

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued heavy fines to a paper manufacturing facility after one of its workers...

Powered industrial vehicles, like forklifts, killed more than 100 warehouse workers between 2005 and 2013. The Occupational Safety and...

Most of this country’s factory workers work with heavy industrial machinery. The machines perform an essential task, but moving parts and...