Two weeks ago, an Ohio man was found dead at a construction company’s office in Tallmadge. The 48-year-old, a mechanic from Deerfield, died of compressional asphyxia, according to the medical examiner. A co-worker found him dead, trapped under a pneumatic lift. According to news reports, the man was fixing some construction equipment when the…
The Ohio State University campus is always a busy and frenetic place, with thousands of people on the move and engaged in myriad activities within a limited — though sprawling — area. That combination of finite space, ongoing construction projects at all times, and complex movement through work zones — people walking, jogging, on…
It’s really the kind of construction accident that knows no geography. In other words, and while it occurred on the campus of the University of Washington in Seattle, it could just as easily have happened at virtually any construction site in Ohio or elsewhere. It serves as a stark and immediate reminder to construction…
The specter of a serious or fatal construction accident in Ohio often relates to what might happen — most often through negligence — at a building site where workers are at risk of an equipment accident, a fall or scaffolding accident, electrical or burn injuries, a trench cave or similarly dangerous condition. In Ohio,…
Several Ohio manufacturing and construction companies have drawn the close scrutiny of inspectors from the Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) over the past several months, with each being given citations for safety violations. Collectively, the companies were assessed more than a quarter million dollars in fines for the part OHSA investigators say they…
When he says that “safety pays,” OSHA chief David Michaels means it in more ways than one. Speaking at a recent safety conference, Michaels drew attention to a Harvard Business School study that strongly concludes that random OSHA inspections of companies have a twofold salutary effect that stands in stark opposition to the claims…
Although a Cleveland-area cement contractor and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) cannot agree on the cause of a casino deck collapse last December, the two parties are in agreement that the now-finished project is safe. Cleveland Cement Contractors Inc., a Brooklyn Heights company, was in the process of building a parking garage…
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) recently fined and cited an auto parts manufacturing company in Ohio and a Texas-based chemical company for multiple safety violations at their workplaces that exposed workers to a multitude of safety hazards and risks, including electrical and burn injuries. Sanoh America, headquartered in Findlay, Ohio, was already…
An Ohio company with a safety record already considered substandard by the Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) was tagged by the agency earlier this month with scores of violations that OSHA viewed upped the risk of construction accidents and other injuries for onsite workers. Hobart Brothers Co., a Troy-based manufacturing company that makes…
A spate of recent construction accidents on major projects in Ohio is drawing the close scrutiny of inspectors from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). Two of those incidents are at least partially linked, both being related to casino projects backed by the same development team of Rock Gaming and Caesar’s Entertainment. A garage…