Latest Ohio Headlines
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Ohio Company to Pay $23K Over Disability Discrimination Suit
Jul 1 2024 // Pearl Interactive Network, Inc., a Columbus, Ohio-based telecommunications company, resolved a charge of disability discrimination filed with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal...
Insurers Seek Subrogation Against Norfolk Southern Over Ohio Train Derailment
Jun 28 2024 // Four insurance companies filed a subrogation lawsuit against Norfolk Southern in federal court last week, alleging the rail carrier’s negligence led to the 2023 East Palestine, Ohio train derailment and subsequent...
Cause Determined in Ohio Refinery Fire That Killed 2
Jun 27 2024 // The U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) issued its final investigation report into the fatal naphtha release and fire at the BP-Husky Toledo Refinery (“BP Toledo Refinery”) in Oregon,...
NTSB Proposes Major Safety Changes After 2023 Ohio Train Derailment
Jun 25 2024 // The National Transportation Safety Board opened a meeting Tuesday to determine the probable cause of a February 2023 Norfolk Southern NSC.N train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio and is making sweeping recommendations to...
Roller Coaster Strikes Man in Restricted Area of Ohio Theme Park
Jun 25 2024 // CINCINNATI (AP) — A man who apparently entered a restricted area to retrieve his lost keys at a theme park in Ohio was critically injured when he was struck by a steel roller coaster, police and park officials said. The...
Ohio Pork Processing Plant Faces 43 Violations for Ammonia Exposure
Jun 24 2024 // A Sandusky, Ohio pork processing facility exposed workers to a release of ammonia gas, leading the U.S. Department of Labor to open two inspections and issue 43 violations of federal regulations. Investigators with the...
Trucking Company Fined $65K for Refusing to Give Ohio Employee the Sabbath Off
Jun 21 2024 // Nationwide automotive hauling and logistics company Wheeler Trucking, doing business as Wheeler Trucking Inc. and Wheeler Logistics, Inc. will pay $65,000 and furnish equitable relief to settle a race and religion lawsuit...
Ohio Explosion Caused by Cut Gas Line Thought to be Turned Off: Investigators
Jun 4 2024 // YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (AP) — A crew working in the basement area of an Ohio building intentionally cut a gas line not knowing it was pressurized before a deadly explosion last week, the National Transportation Safety Board...
Manufacturer Faces $222K Fine for Worker’s Severe Burns at Ohio Facility
Jun 3 2024 // One of the world’s largest and best-known tool and equipment manufacturers could have prevented a 29-year-old maintenance electrician from suffering severe burns during an electrical arc blast at a company facility...
Building Explosion Kills Bank Employee, Injures 7 Others in Youngstown, Ohio
May 31 2024 // YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (AP) — A massive explosion blew out much of the ground floor of an apartment building, killing a bank employee and injuring several other people. Police and emergency officials initially blamed natural...
Norfolk Southern to Pay $15M Civil Penalty, Cleanup Costs Over 2023 Ohio Derailment
May 23 2024 // Norfolk Southern NSC.N agreed to pay a $15 million civil penalty and $57.1 million in past government cleanup costs on Thursday, as well as millions in future costs to resolve a U.S. government lawsuit over a 2023 train...
Michigan Police Arrest 6 Men for Stealing $8M Worth of Vehicles
May 20 2024 // LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Six men working as part of a criminal organization in Michigan have been arrested in connection with the theft of more than 400 vehicles worth about $8 million, authorities said last week. The men,...
Whistleblower Questions Delayed Use of Sensor Plane After Ohio Train Derailment
May 16 2024 // The U.S. government has a specialized plane loaded with advanced sensors that officials brag is always ready to deploy within an hour of any kind of chemical disaster. But the plane didn’t fly over eastern Ohio until...
AM Best Revises Ohio Indemnity Company’s Outlook to Positive
May 9 2024 // AM Best has revised the outlooks to positive from stable and affirmed the Financial Strength Rating of A- (Excellent) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating of “a-” (Excellent) of Ohio Indemnity Company (OIC)...
Rising Spring Rains Pose Challenges for Midwest Farmers
May 7 2024 // SABINA, Ohio (AP) — It was just after dark as Ross Woodruff hopped into a truck to haul soybean seeds out to his brother, Mark, whose planter had run out. It was the first day they could plant after heavy rains two weeks...
Ohio Manufacturer Fined $314K Following Fatal Workplace Incident
Apr 23 2024 // An Ohio subsidiary of one of the world’s largest automotive suppliers could have prevented a 26-year-old employee in Franklin from being fatally crushed in October 2023 if the company had provided proper machine...
Ohio River Near Pittsburgh Reopens to Maritime Traffic After Sunken Barge Found
Apr 18 2024 // The U.S. Coast Guard reopened the Ohio River in Pittsburgh to maritime traffic on Tuesday, nearly four days after 26 barges broke loose and floated away during weekend flooding. “The river is open. The Ohio River is...
Barges Break Loose on Ohio River in Pittsburgh, Damaging Marina, Striking Bridge
Apr 16 2024 // More than two dozen river barges broke loose from their moorings and floated down the Ohio River in Pittsburgh, striking one bridge that had already been preemptively closed and damaging a marina, officials said. The boats...
Lawyers Want Ohio Residents to Wait for Details of $600M Derailment Settlement
Apr 12 2024 // The lawyers who negotiated a $600 million settlement with Norfolk Southern over that railroad’s disastrous 2023 derailment in Ohio want residents to talk with them before deciding the historic deal isn’t...
Norfolk Southern to Settle Ohio Derailment Class Action Lawsuit for $600M
Apr 9 2024 // April 9 (Reuters) – U.S. railroad operator Norfolk Southern NSC.N said on Tuesday it had reached a $600 million deal to resolve a class action lawsuit related to the East Palestine, Ohio derailment last year. The...
