
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 2015 fiscal year, 48 Ohio workplace fatalities were investigated by the Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA). OSHA’s spokesman actually noted that the administration sends more federal safety inspectors to Ohio to investigate workplace deaths than the Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Minnesota and Michigan Midwestern states. That