When winter comes, people are excited about beautiful snow-covered landscapes, the holiday season beginning and the opportunity to enjoy all their favorite winter treats. Once the holidays past, the excitement fades and the cold sets in. Winter brings frigid temperatures and massive snowstorms in Ohio, especially during January and February. Construction workers have to…
The construction industry in Cleveland and other Ohio cities is thriving. While this is great for the economy and industry workers, prosperity in any industry often comes with an increase in employee accidents and injuries. The construction field is no exception and is actually one of the most dangerous industries for its workforce. There…
As a motorist, you are used to reacting to colors: red for stop, yellow for caution and green for go. Orange is another color that warrants special attention because it is a work zone alert. If you are accustomed to driving around your local area, you probably know where many construction zones are located,…
Although there are significant dangers in all types of construction work, trench work and excavation is among the most dangerous of all. Even with the dangers of trenching and excavation, there are basic regulations to follow and procedures that have significant impact in reducing the risks. In fact, many if not most of the…
Material developments continue to play out in the aftermath of a tragic accident that occurred this past summer in neighboring Pennsylvania. Such an incident is hardly singular to that state and could happen in Ohio or virtually anywhere else across the country. We trace some important details here for our readers. As many of…
The adage, “Time is money” certainly seems alive and well in the construction industry. According to the American Society of Safety Engineers, a chief reason offered by workers employed on residential building projects as to why they forgo using technologies that protect them against falls is this: Learning and then using protective devices takes…
Given the nature of the work, many activities within the construction industry obviously bring with them a potential for on-the-job accidents and injuries. Although construction injuries in Ohio and nationally are often associated with the perils attached to heavy machinery, working from heights, dangers from cave ins, explosions and electrical and burn accidents, one…
A recent report issued by the national Bureau of Labor Statistics both confirms assumptions likely held by millions of Ohioans and other Americans and provides for a bit of a surprise, as well. The bureau’s National Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries reveals that, unsurprisingly, construction accidents account for a high rate of fatal on-the-job…
A global polyethylene foam product manufacturing company headquartered in Quebec, Canada, and with approximately 50 workers employed in a plant in the small city of Sidney in west-central Ohio is receiving unwanted attention from OSHA inspectors. Earlier this year, a plant explosion that injured three employees and resulted in extensive property damage brought a…
Notwithstanding good-faith attempts by management at a construction workplace to make the environment as safe as possible, and regardless of how many rules are promulgated by safety regulators to guard against construction accidents, industrial worksites always harbor the potential for danger and workers’ injuries. That sad reality was firmly underscored earlier this month when…