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

Last week, the Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA) issued a hefty $116,900 fine to an Ohio roofing company for safety violations that resulted in a deadly accident. A 53-year-old roofer lost his life when he fell 40 feet off of a commercial building. The worker was not wearing any fall safety gear. OSHA cited R&B Contractors L.L.C. for 11 serious safety violations, one willful safety violation and three other safety citations following an investigation that s

Recently, IFLScience.com had an interesting article with a graphic about the deadliest jobs in the United States. Not surprisingly, many involve hands-on occupations. The top five deadliest jobs in the U.S., based on the annual number of deaths per 100,000 full-time workers, include: Logging (59 total fatalities in 2013, 91.3 percent fatality rate during accidents) Fishers and related fishing employment (27 total fatalities in 2013, 75 percent fatality rate during accidents)

According to the Dayton Daily News, Ohio is one of 24 states where fatal workplace accidents increased in 2014, when compared to the previous year. The news outlet reported that there were 184 fatal workplace accidents in 2014 across all occupations, compared to 149 in 2013. The data comes from the Ohio Department of Health, which tracks statistics in partnership with the federal government. Across the country, there were 4,679 fatal work injuries in the private and public se