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…
Fall back, spring forward. Most adult Americans are quite familiar with that mantra, given the twice-annual ritual of complying with daylight savings time (DST) adjustments that tweak both body clocks and official times across the country, including in Ohio. Less familiar might be this: an actual understanding of the rationale for DST, a historical…
For years, all most kids have needed to have unbridled fun is an engrossing video game coupled with a joystick for maneuvering around with. Now the same is true of a rather unlikely demographic, namely, forklift operators. Those employees are suddenly front and center in a newly developed program focused on teaching workplace skills…
If, while driving, you’ve ever thought that some bridges across roadways seem unduly low for some of the commercial trucks busily engaged in transit, your instincts are correct: With alarming frequency, big rigs do not have enough clearance to pass safely beneath bridges, and crash as a result. In some states, such as New…
Ohio’s worst motor vehicle accident in more than three years and, reportedly, the deadliest car accident in Trumbull County in its history, continues to be investigated in the wake of what transpired near Warren early last Sunday morning. It is of course difficult to report such a story, but the details concerning the crash…
An engineer from Swedish auto maker Volvo first came up with the idea of the 3-point seat belt, the integrated lap and shoulder harness now standard in all vehicles. Now the company is focused on mass production of the world’s first pedestrian air bag, designed to deploy on the outside of a vehicle within…
Shelby Police Chief Charlie Roub says that he is “not very pleased” by the recent decision of a local business employer. That decision — noteworthy enough to garner headlines in media outlets across the country — was this: firing a bartender for alerting police to a just-departed bar patron whose blood alcohol content tested…
There’s a war of words going on, although most members of the general motoring public in Ohio and elsewhere across the country likely know little or even nothing about it. The participants are the American Trucking Associations (ATA) and the Truck Safety Coalition (TSC). The former is the largest national advocacy organization for the…
As has been noted in prior posts for this blog, the need for workers suffering work-related accidents and on-the-job injuries to collect workers’ compensation benefits for lost wages, medical expenses and other costs is a constant in many industries in Ohio and across the country. Certain inherently or potentially dangerous conditions similarly permeate workplaces…
The story of a teen-aged girl in Utah who was recently struck while walking by a man who was texting and said by police to be driving while drunk is serving as yet another reminder of the ravages wrought by distracted and even mindless driving on the nation’s roadways. Luckily, the girl survived, although…