Businesses in Columbus, Ohio should consider creating a safety culture rather than a safety program, according to one expert. This mentality allows the company and its employees to realize that most workplace injuries are preventable to some degree. Despite this fact,...
Workers’ Compensation
Ohio Workers Compensation Official Disability Guidelines (ODG)
Work Loss Data Institute has released the Official Disability Guidelines (ODG) used by the Ohio Bureau of Workers Compensation and many national groups. The bureau has instructed the MCOs in the BWC to use the ODG whenever they are analyzing the medical necessity of...
Study says firefighters more often injured during exercise
For firefighters in Columbus, Ohio, this news may be no surprise. But to people who are not firefighters, a new study presents some interesting information. Known throughout the workforce as one of the most likely professions to receive an occupational injury, injured...
Ohio companies receive grants for workplace safety
With many worried about becoming injured on the job, recent grants awarded in Ohio should alleviate some of those concerns. The Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation awarded more than $217,000 to 10 companies within the state hoping to make their businesses safer for...
Ohio construction accident leaves man severely injured
When a worker is injured on the job, one of the first things to consider, after the pain of the injury itself, is whether to file for workers' compensation. A man who recently suffered injuries in a construction accident in Lisbon, Ohio, may now be wondering the same...
Safety programs that can be implemented by employers
Many individuals in Ohio have been injured at the workplace. According to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, workers' compensation cost businesses in the United States more than $53 billion just in 2008. As many businesses have attempted to cut costs,...
Ohio Workers Compensation Reforms Proposed by Some Business Groups are Unnecessary
In the past decade business, labor & trial lawyers have worked on comprehensive legislation and overhaul of the Ohio workers compensation system. This cooperative effort has made Ohio one of the most effective, cost-efficient providers of workers compensation...
Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation holds honorary ceremony
In Ohio, more than five million people head to work each day. Unfortunately, workplace accidents claim the lives of some of those people each year. In an effort to recognize those people, the Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation decided to honor the 145 men and women...
Ohio Workers Compensation Benefits Fall in Recession Economy
Yesterday, I reported a study released by the National Academy of Social Insurance that reported that the number of employees covered by workers compensation declined by 4.4% from 2008 to 2009. The author of the study, John Burton, was quoted as saying "as one...
Hotel housekeepers regularly receive serious injuries
A new study has indicated that hotel workers may have some of the highest injury rates among service workers. Many of them, whose lives are drastically changed by their serious injuries, do not file for workers' compensation and continue working with their injuries...