A Canadian company with a manufacturing plant in North Jackson, west of Youngstown, has been cited for several safety violations following a fatal equipment accident that occurred last October. A 21-year-old employee of Extrudex Aluminum was killed when a large metal stack filled with hot and heavy aluminum fell on top of him. A…
New safety guidelines proposed by the U.S. Department of Transportation for Ohio drivers and their peers across the country will serve “to balance the innovation consumers want with the safety we all need,” says DOT Secretary Ray LaHood. LaHood has long been a strong regulatory pitchman for promoting on-board technologies and gadgetries that enhance…
As summer nears, traffic safety experts in Ohio and across the country know that rollover truck accidents become an increased risk on roads and highways. Commonly, rollover crashes involving big rigs — such as 18-wheler jackknife accidents — owe to a number of factors, most centrally inexperienced drivers, vehicle safety and maintenance issues, and…
When people think of workplace injuries, their minds are often understandably drawn to on-the-job accidents that occur in stationary work places, such as offices, factories, retail establishments and similar sites. A great number of work-related injuries, though, including construction accidents, also occur in Ohio in areas where workers present more of a moving target….
Never heard of the Ohio Investigative Unit (OIU)? Chances are that most Ohioans haven’t, although a number of state teens and other young people might be gaining some close-up familiarity with that body within the next couple months. The OIU is a unit of the Ohio Department of Public Safety, tasked with enforcing local,…
Car maker Hyundai is having persistent and nagging problems with a safety-related issue in millions of its vehicle that engineers have made repeated and unsuccessful attempts to fix. The issue, which relates to a brake light malfunction, has stubbornly resisted a fix for several years, and the car accident concerns it raises resulted last…
Red-light traffic cameras just rub some people the wrong way in Ohio and elsewhere across the country. Understandably, among that peeved group are not city council members and municipal administrators who readily welcome the infusion of cash resulting from speeding tickets. For many others, though, the concept is an affront to personal liberty interests…
The Occupational Safety Health Administration (OSHA) is the nation’s watchdog safety agency overseeing businesses and industries across the country. Charged by a congressional mandate to promote workers’ safety in Ohio and every other state through safety inspections, guidance to employers, safety rules and regulations, and punitive enforcement when necessary, OSHA has both fans and…
Most readers will likely remember all too well the fallout suffered by Toyota Motor Corporation in recent years relating to so-called sudden acceleration problems affecting many of its vehicles. Widespread personal injury and wrongful death litigation resulted from the claims of thousands of motorists that their vehicles sped up summarily and without warning. Toyota…
Federal safety regulators from OSHA have a special term for companies they deem particularly problematic when it comes to safety issues. They are termed “severe violators,” and the agency mandates especially close scrutiny and follow-up remedial actions on them pursuant to its Severe Violator Enforcement Program. One company recently tagged with that designation is…