Ohio State Highway Patrol ("OSHP") statistics indicate that close to half of all fatal car accidents that have occurred so far this year within a five-county region of the state -- Montgomery, Miami, Greene, Butler and Warren -- took place in rural areas. There have...
Month: September 2011
Amazon responds to allegations of substandard working conditions
On Behalf of Bashein & Bashein Company, L.P.A. | Sep 27, 2011 | Workers' Compensation
Recent complaints at retail giant Amazon's warehouse in Allentown, Pennsylvania, have spurred officials with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration ("OSHA") to investigate allegations regarding extreme working conditions, with no workers' compensation for...
Ohio Supreme Court rules in car crash involving police cruiser
On Behalf of Bashein & Bashein Company, L.P.A. | Sep 23, 2011 | Car Accidents
It is not often that the details underlying a car accident in Ohio are evaluated and ruled upon at every level of the state's court system.Most car crashes, though, don't involve issues of a municipality's sovereign immunity, the distinction between a police officer's...
National workers’ comp report issued: Where Ohio stands
On Behalf of Bashein & Bashein Company, L.P.A. | Sep 21, 2011 | Workers' Compensation
Workers' compensation in Ohio is a singular matter, as it is in all other states. That is, the state-run programs that exist across the country are anything but cookie-cutter employee compensation systems. There are variances -- often meaningful, often material --...
NTSB: Cell phone use major factor in deadly truck accident
On Behalf of Bashein & Bashein Company, L.P.A. | Sep 19, 2011 | Truck Accidents
Due to a recent federal investigation into a commercial truck accident that caused the death of 11 people, truck drivers may no longer have use of their cell phones while on the job except in the case of an emergency. In a 2010 accident in Kentucky, a commercial truck...
OSHA tells Ohio party rental company “the party’s over”
On Behalf of Bashein & Bashein Company, L.P.A. | Sep 16, 2011 | Workers' Compensation
When the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) discovers that employers have failed in their responsibility to ensure the safety of their employees, the agency has the authority to issue citations to the employer and propose measures to protect...
Labor Day: Reflecting on workplace accidents, safety efforts
On Behalf of Bashein & Bashein Company, L.P.A. | Sep 8, 2011 | Construction Accidents
For many Americans, the just-passed Labor Day might be a holiday like many others, that is, a day off from work without much reflection on the reason underlying the holiday itself.With Labor Day, though, which was established to honor American workers in all...
Truck accident issue: electronic recorders focus of court ruling
On Behalf of Bashein & Bashein Company, L.P.A. | Sep 6, 2011 | Truck Accidents
Overly fatigued commercial truck drivers are routinely involved in truck accidents that bring serious -- and often fatal -- consequences across the country, including Ohio.The question: What to do about them? How can they best be tracked and regulated to minimize the...
Focus: Ohio Construction Zone Worker and Motorists’ Accidents
On Behalf of Bashein & Bashein Company, L.P.A. | Sep 2, 2011 | Construction Accidents
Construction work is, obviously, hard work, and a construction accident in Ohio is far from a singular occurrence. The state sees non-stop activity in projects of all types from one end to the other, and the potential is always there for a fall, a scaffolding injury,...
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