Per a report in the Tribune-Review, in early August, a 55-year-old man was killed in a construction accident after he was trapped under construction equipment that fell on him while he was on the job. The incident took place at a storage yard in North Huntingdon, Ohio. The man was reportedly trapped from the waist down after construction equipment fell on him while he was working at a storage facility where vehicles are painted and maintained. As of this writing, the North Hu

Earlier this month, a recycling worker in Haviland, Ohio was killed in a grinding machine explosion. According to Plastics News, a manufacturing industry news website, the man who was killed was operating the grinding machine prior to the deadly explosion. Reportedly, when the machine exploded, a piece of it hit the man in the head. It is unclear what led to the explosion. While the police did respond to this incident, generally, the US Occupational Safety and Health Administ

In early August, a man was killed in an on-the-job accident while unloading bags of cement powder at a Maumee, Ohio railcar repair facility, according to The Morning Journal. The worker who was killed was a 29-year-old Perrysburg resident. The Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA) is investigating the cause of the deadly accident. In addition, the worker’s employer released a statement that they were going to investigate the incident and are committed to findin

As the opioid epidemic, also known as the painkiller epidemic, sweeps the nation, questions have been raised about how much work injuries are contributing to America’s painkiller addiction. How Are Work Injuries and the Painkiller Epidemic Connected? The Columbus CEO, an employment and industry news and information website, recently featured a report on how work injuries are contributing to Central Ohio’s opioid epidemic. Per Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) d