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BWC Featured Items
September BWC In Person Training, Safety Webinars, and Virtual Training Classes
BWC has numerous safety training opportunities for you and your employees. See the classes for September.
2024 Ohio Safety Congress & Expo®
Save the date! OSC24® returns March 27-29, 2024, with 13 tracks of expert content. Interested in exhibiting? Applications are open. For more information, visit www.OhioSafetyCongress.com.
NE Ohio Safety Expo
Registration is open for the NE Ohio Safety Expo Sept. 28. Register by Friday, Sept. 22 to secure your spot.
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Monthly Safety Topic
There are surprising statistics around farm hazards and injuries – farm hazards are more hazardous than you may think. According to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), each year, more than two million youths under age 20 are exposed to farm-related safety hazards. As a result, a substantial number of young people are killed, injured, or permanently disabled on farms.
Remember these things when a young worker is employed on your farm:
- A youth, 14 or 15 years old, can work in agriculture on a farm, but only during hours when school is not in session and only in non-hazardous jobs.
- A youth, 12 or 13 years old, can work in agriculture on a farm only if a parent has given written permission or is working on the same farm. The work can be performed only during hours when school is not in session and in non-hazardous jobs.
- Youth younger than 12 can work in agriculture on a farm only if the farm is not required to pay the federal minimum wage.
- A youth that is 16 years or older can work on any farm, including during hours when school is in session, on any day, for any number of hours, and in any job.
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Exemptions Youths of any age may work at any time in any job on a farm owned or operated by their parents, or someone standing in place of their parent.
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State Child Labor Laws for agriculture may differ from state to state.
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BWC Library Question of the Month
Question: I am looking for Ohio injuries statistics for Ohio employers that would consist of severe to fatality. If there are any statistical information that track BWC over the years would be helpful.
Answer: For general Ohio statistics for non-fatal (SOII) and fatal (CFOI) injuries, we have a webpage with statistical reports from 2017 to 2021. These are Ohio-specific and provide general statistics for numbers of injuries in certain industries. Construction is listed in the reports and is further broken down by North American Industry Classification System (NACIS) code within the construction industry, and everything else is general industry.
Table 6 and Table 7 in the SOII reports provide incidence rates and numbers for non-fatal injuries in Ohio broken down by NAICS, while Table 1 in the CFOI reports provides number for fatalities in Ohio broken down by NAICS.
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Other News
Heat illness data
The Heat-Related EMS Activation Surveillance Dashboard was created in partnership by the Health and Human Services Office of Climate Change and Health Equity and the Department of Transportation National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. This database uses nationally submitted Emergency Medical Services (EMS) data to track EMS responses to people experiencing heat-related emergencies in the pre-hospital setting. You can use this tool to find EMS activations at national, state, and county levels and patient data by age, race, gender, and location.
The Ohio BWC Library of BWC’s Division of Safety & Hygiene compiles and distributes this newsletter each month.
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BWC's Division of Safety & Hygiene provides a variety of programs, services, and resources to help Ohio employers create a safe and healthy workplace.
Visit bwc.ohio.gov or email BWCDSH@bwc.state.oh.us or call 1-800-644-6292.
Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation
Vision: To transform BWC into an agile organization driven by customer success.
Mission: To deliver consistently excellent experiences for each BWC customer every day. Core Values: One Agency, Personal Connection, Innovative Leadership, Relentless Excellence.
Established in 1912, the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation is the exclusive provider of workers’ compensation insurance in Ohio, serving 257,000 public and private employers. With nearly 1,600 employees and assets of approximately $21 billion, BWC is one of the largest state-run insurance systems in the United States. For more, visit bwc.ohio.gov.
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