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…
Here’s a bit of irony that has recently been manifest on Interstate 90 in the most northeastern corner of the state near Pennsylvania: A highway repair project geared toward increasing traffic safety has quite directly led to a spate of truck accidents. In fact, more than half a dozen truck crashes occurred near Conneaut…
Consumer beware: Your recent car purchase may be harboring some neglected recalls. A new study completed by the vehicle-history website Carfax has found that more than two million vehicles were put up for sale online in 2012 despite featuring unrepaired safety recalls. Since plenty of cars are sold offline, though, the actual figures in…
“This is not rocket science, and it’s obviously not cost prohibitive,” says Adrian Lund, the president of the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS). He adds: “And we know how to fix this.” What Lund is referring to is the too-often deadly car crash scenario in which a passenger vehicle collides with a commercial…
For baby boomer bikers: crashes comparatively frequent, severe A new study indicates that older motorcycle riders, even experienced ones, who continue riding as they reach their 50s and 60s are building a track record like aging athletes. When they suffer injury, they tend to get seriously hurt and take longer to recover. This is…
A spokesperson for an environmental advocacy organization recently voiced his view that the results of an OSHA inspection into an oil refinery explosion last August would be “revelatory” and expose Chevron’s safety culture as nothing more than “running the refinery to the point of failure.” He was right. In an investigation just concluded into…
Many motorists get uneasy when driving in the presence of 18-wheelers and other commercial vehicles. But according to new driver safety data, the risks don’t necessary lie in the commercial vehicles themselves, but rather how other cars behave around them. And while motorists may want to point the finger at commercial vehicles for the…