Ohio is a major hub of interstate commercial truck traffic, with a heavy volume of trucks busily on the move at all times, and state and federal policy makers and transportation regulators are always closely tuned in to safety-related policies, debates and initiatives. The American Trucking Associations (ATA), a key voice within the commercial…
For years, electric vehicles have put Ohio residents and others nationally at risk for pedestrian accidents, bicycle accidents and car accidents. At slow speeds, electric cars are nearly impossible to hear. Not realizing a car is coming, pedestrians and cyclists start to cross a street or pass behind a driveway without checking for traffic….
When a crane collapses at a construction project in Ohio or elsewhere across the United States, it tends to a big deal. The reasons for that are many and obvious. Cranes can be flatly frightening for their size and weight, with some of them weighing hundreds of thousands of pounds and extending for hundreds…
A new report by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reveals that one in 24 American drivers admits to having fallen asleep behind the wheel within the past month of being surveyed. Drowsy driving is a dangerous driving behavior that can significantly increase a person’s risk of being involved in a car…
Ohio and a host of other states have DUI courts, and that instrument for addressing problem drinking and the heavy toll that drunk drivers exact in serious and often fatal car accidents is a growing phenomenon that is steadily gaining traction in jurisdictions across the country. Officials from the NHTSA say that fatal car…
Toyota Motor Corp has closed the largest remaining chapter in a lengthy saga following a number of reported vehicle defects and recalls. To address the mass of potential claims attached to roughly 16 million Toyota vehicles throughout the United States, including in Ohio, the Japanese automaker has agreed to a settlement of $1.1 billion…
The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) has long required that employers of workers who have sustained on-the-job injuries satisfy safety training requirements by having a company representative attend a two-hour training session. The goal is to underscore the importance of employees’ safety in the workplace, review accident causes and company policies and improve…
The new crash safety test being implemented by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety is creating some shock waves among automakers and their customers due to surprising test results that are challenging prior notions of the safety of various models. Some models stand to have their reputations hurt more than marginally. Toyota’s Camry is…
Managers from Canton-based Timken Company are well acquainted with safety inspectors from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), with various company-run facilities having been inspected by agency regulators on 17 different occasions since 2007. Timken is a manufacturer and marketer with global reach, having facilities in and selling product to customers across the…
The National Highway Transportation Safety Administration (NHTSA) reports that Toyota has recalled vehicles for rust issues that could cause car and truck accidents. The latest motor vehicle recall involved Toyota Tacoma pickup trucks, with around 150,000 of them recalled for model years 2001 through 2004. The culprit: highway road salt. The area affected: the…