Unemployment rates have hit record highs across the nation during the current economic recession, and state legislators have been focusing a significant amount of energy on ways to create more jobs and return the unemployment rates to the low numbers they were in the...
Workers’ Compensation
Four Ohio Target Employees Recovering after Fumes Knocked Them Out
When using strong cleaning chemicals or machines powered by gas or propane, it is important to take safety precautions to prevent injury. The fumes from the equipment and supplies can cause serious injury to those who are using them, and it is important to properly...
New OSHA Leadership in the Hot Seat, Critics Cannot Agree on Injury Reporting
In the past few years, the leadership at the Labor Department's Occupational Safety and Health Administration, known more commonly as OSHA, has been completely revamped. The Obama administration brought in completely new officials to run the agency and focus on the...
Remembering Ohio’s 1950 Blizzard Reminds Workers to Be Careful
Ohio residents remember the incredible storm that blew through the state the Friday after Thanksgiving in 1950. The storm began late Thanksgiving evening and grew over night while families slept warm in their beds with full bellies from the hearty meals consumed that...
Christmas Preparations in Ohio Leave Worker Injured
Although the warm weather may not make it seem so, Christmas is just around the corner. Store windows feature rosy cheeked Santas, detailed frosty snowflakes and silver belled ornaments. City officials have begun their own holiday decoration planning. Akron, Ohio...
OSHA Asks for Extra Safety Precautions during Holiday Sales Events
Twinkly lights, red nosed reindeer, snow frosted trees and intricate flakes have started appearing in store windows all over Ohio, an indication that the holiday season is just around the corner. With the holiday season comes holiday sales. Beginning with Black...
Workplace Injuries and Illnesses Decrease Nationwide
In a news statement made by the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics released late last week, Labor Secretary Hilda L. Solis announced that the number of nonfatal workplace injuries and illnesses that occur among private industry employers has...
October is Disability Employment Awareness Month in Ohio and Nationally
The United States Department of Labor (DOL) is taking the month of October to raise awareness of disabled employees in the workplace and celebrate the contributions workers with disabilities make to society. In a press release on the DOL's website from the...
Firefighters Remember Construction Accident
Three firefighters remember vividly the day their lives changed. Firefighters daily respond to reports of possible gas leaks at various locations, and October 31, 2008 began no differently than any other. Everything changed for the three firefighters when a...
Injured Employees Must be Compensated for Earnings from Second Job
In today's economy, many people have more than one job. So if an employee is injured at one job to the extent that he or she is unable to work at the other, it seems unfair - and financially damaging - to only receive workers' compensation for one job's...