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...
Month: April 2013
DOT’s LaHood announces new safety guidelines for averting crashes
On Behalf of Bashein & Bashein Company, L.P.A. | Apr 25, 2013 | Car Accidents
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...
NHTSA spotlights rollover crash concerns with large passenger vans
On Behalf of Bashein & Bashein Company, L.P.A. | Apr 22, 2013 | Truck Accidents
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...
ODOT introduces new tool to combat construction zone accidents
On Behalf of Bashein & Bashein Company, L.P.A. | Apr 18, 2013 | Construction Accidents
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,...
Ohio prom season approaching: Enforcement campaign targets teens
On Behalf of Bashein & Bashein Company, L.P.A. | Apr 15, 2013 | Car Accidents
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...
Recall: Personal injury, car accident concerns plague Hyundai
On Behalf of Bashein & Bashein Company, L.P.A. | Apr 10, 2013 | Car Accidents
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...
Speed cameras: Controversial, unquestionably profitable
On Behalf of Bashein & Bashein Company, L.P.A. | Apr 8, 2013 | Car Accidents
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...
OSHA under pressure to respond more purposefully to toxic air
On Behalf of Bashein & Bashein Company, L.P.A. | Apr 3, 2013 | Workers' Compensation
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,...
Sudden-acceleration litigation could soon include Ohio plaintiffs
On Behalf of Bashein & Bashein Company, L.P.A. | Apr 1, 2013 | Car Accidents
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...
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