All the headlines from our Ohio Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Aug 6 2018 // The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Polystar Inc. – doing business as Polystar Containment – for exposing employees to excessive noise after 12...
Aug 6 2018 // Caledonia, Michigan-based retail consulting and insurance brokerage, Acrisure, appointed industry veteran William Malloy as president of its Specialty Division.Malloy has extensive leadership experience in the insurance...
Aug 3 2018 // Ohio’s State Highway Patrol says its recent enforcement and awareness effort focused on the Move Over law resulted in 586 citations issued to motorists. The law requires drivers approaching any vehicles with flashing...
Aug 1 2018 // Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. reopened a restaurant in Ohio on Tuesday that was temporarily closed after customers reported getting sick.The restaurant, located in the city of Powell, was voluntarily closed for cleaning on...
Jul 31 2018 // Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. has shut a restaurant in Ohio following reports of customers falling sick after eating there, the burrito chain said on Monday.At least two customers wrote on food safety website...
Jul 24 2018 // The place might sound familiar, even if you’ve never been there: the Appalachian foothills, down by the Ohio River, where the sirens scream addiction and death.Twenty-six overdoses in one afternoon. The highest death...
Jul 20 2018 // An Ohio chemical manufacturing plant has exploded and caught fire, prompting authorities to evacuate a large area around it.Emerald Performance Materials says it evacuated the plant in Akron and notified the fire...
Jul 17 2018 // The federal worker safety agency is investigating the death of a man in southwest Ohio who was electrocuted when a crane touched a power line at a home under construction. WLWT-TV reports the accident occurred last week in...
Jul 13 2018 // Employees who can distance themselves from decisions may be more inclined to make choices that produce the most benefit for themselves and others, suggests new research.Sometimes this may result in what others may think is...
Jul 9 2018 // On paper, Richard Strauss was a well-regarded Ohio State University physician who examined young athletes for decades as a team doctor and sports-medicine researcher.Some former athletes recall him differently: Locker-room...
Jun 26 2018 // The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) cited JK Excavating & Utilities Inc. after an employee suffered fatal injuries in a trench collapse in Ohio. OSHA has proposed...
Jun 14 2018 // Thorn Valley Safety, a Dayton, Ohio-based specialist in commercial auto risk control and claims advocacy, has appointed Mark Aussicker as president.Aussicker’s focus will be to challenge status quo thinking, develop...
Jun 4 2018 // A central Ohio school district has agreed to pay nearly a half-million dollars to settle lawsuits filed by families of students who were sexually abused by a teacher. The Columbus Dispatch reports that the Olentangy Local...
Jun 4 2018 // Casey W. Connor has been named president of Dempsey & Siders Insurance Agency in Madeira, Ohio. Dempsey & Siders is a member of Cincinnati, Ohio-based Great American Insurance Group.Connor succeeds Randy Denker,...
May 25 2018 // Authorities say an Ohio homeowner trying to kill troublesome weeds with a torch has burned down his garage.The Springfield News-Sun reported Springfield Township firefighters in central Ohio were called to a home around 4...
May 21 2018 // Kansas City-based independent insurance broker, Lockton, named Said Taiym executive vice president and chief digital officer.Taiym will focus on digital innovation and new technologies to help Lockton. He most recently was...
May 21 2018 // Gov. John R. Kasich on May 9 signed an executive order to authorize autonomous vehicle testing in Ohio and to lay out a roadmap for how the automotive industry can test their technologies in the state.The executive order...
May 15 2018 // Malley’s Chocolates is warning 3,400 online customers that their credit or debit card information might have been compromised by a computer hacker in March, during the Ohio candy company’s busy weeks before...
May 10 2018 // Republican Gov. John Kasich is opening all of Ohio’s public roads to smart vehicle testing. Kasich signed an executive order authorizing autonomous vehicle research to take place across the state. The order also lays...
May 9 2018 // State lawmakers will consider whether to increase oversight of carnival rides, including hiring more inspectors, following a deadly accident at the Ohio State Fair that flung riders onto the midway.The proposed changes...