The Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 mandates that employers must provide "safe and healthful workplaces" for their employees. Unfortunately, not all employers follow the law.Workers who are injured in a workplace accident, particularly when their employers...
Workers’ Compensation
Number of workers’ comp claims in health care are on decline
The health care industry is one that is apparent in each and every state, including Ohio. A recent study conducted by global risk management group Aon Risk Solutions examined the factor of workers' compensation, considering the effects that it is having and will have...
Study says brain injuries, herbicides linked to Parkinson’s
The media has made people living in Ohio and other states readily aware of Parkinson's disease. The condition is one that has a large amount of media coverage but not enough scientific data to determine its true cause. Many researchers have worked on studies in an...
Employer cannot help without workers’ compensation coverage
Companies in Ohio are required to have workers' compensation coverage in order to cover the costs of any unexpected injuries that might occur to employees while on the job. This is a very important form of coverage that is legally necessary-not possessing such...
OSHA cites auto parts facility for several violations
Workers in Jeffersonville, Ohio, may want to consider their employers' intentions when it comes to workplace safety. According to a recent investigation by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, a manufacturing company that employs 140 workers in...
City of Struthers cited for deaths of workers
Serious injuries can come at unexpected times, no matter where an employee works. When a worker is critically injured in Ohio, she or he has the right to make a workers' compensation claim so that time can be taken to recover from the injury without losing all of...
Patients’ weight bearing down on nurses
Ohio's medical professionals often deal with some of the more strenuous labor in the workforce. With obesity levels increasing across the nation and state, and health complications arising because of these issues, many heavier individuals find themselves in the...
Ohio woman loses scalp after hair gets caught in machine
A woman from Ohio was hospitalized after a severe, grotesque workplace injury. According to reports, the 25-year-old woman, from Norton, Ohio, was working at JR Engineering in Barberton, Ohio, when the majority of her scalp was ripped off after her hair was caught in...
High-heeled shoes may cause serious injury in servers
Research conducted by a former waitress on the dangers of wearing heels in the workplace may be pertinent to women in Ohio. According to the study, female restaurant and cocktail servers fall down while at work an average of 1.6 times per week. Slips, trips and falls...
Are young adults more likely to suffer injuries in the workplace?
Now that summer is here, young adults in Ohio and throughout the country are looking for summer jobs, allowing them to earn some extra spending money. And since the National Safety Council recognizes June as National Safety Month, it is time to address the safety...