Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation News

Ohio Dump Truck Driver Repays More Than $19,000 in Workers’ Comp Benefits

An Ohio man was sentenced and repaid more than $19,000 to the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) for working while receiving workers’ comp benefits. Harry Livingston pleaded guilty Oct. 31 to one count of workers’ compensation fraud, a fifth-degree …

Ohio Sales Broker Convicted of Workers’ Comp Fraud

An Ohio man pleaded guilty to workers’ compensation fraud after investigators with the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) Special Investigations Department (SID) found he was working while receiving benefits following a workplace injury. Richard Matt pleaded guilty in Franklin …

Ohio Man Convicted of Workers’ Comp Fraud

An Ohio man pleaded guilty of workers’ compensation fraud after investigators with the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) Special Investigations Department (SID) found he was working while he was receiving benefits following a workplace injury. Eric Mariol pleaded guilty …

Ohio Salesman Sentenced for Workers’ Comp Fraud

An Ohio man pleaded guilty to fraud after an investigation by the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) showed he was working while receiving workers’ comp benefits. Randall Bridges, Jr. was sentenced in the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas …

Former Ohio Resident Caught Installing Cable While on Workers’ Comp

A Ohio man owes the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) more than $40,000 after he was discovered working while receiving workers’ comp benefits. Dominic Musarra, who was working as a satellite cable installer in Point Pleasant, West Virginia, pleaded …

Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Comp Awards More Than $258,000 to Support Workplace Safety

Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) Administrator/CEO Steve Buehrer today announced nine safety intervention grants were awarded to employers during the month of August. The Safety-Intervention Grant Program assists Ohio employers in reducing illnesses and injuries and creates a partnership …

Ohio Resident Sentenced for Working While Receiving Workers’ Comp

An Ohio man pleaded guilty to theft and was sentenced in connection with working while receiving workers’ comp benefits. A judge in the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas ordered Cecil Ball to repay nearly $10,000. “Mr. Ball was attempting …

Video of Ohio Man Demolishing Homes Ends His Workers’ Comp Benefits

An Ohio, man must return nearly $4,000 to the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) after investigators caught him on camera demolishing homes when he was supposed to be off work recovering from a workplace injury. John Perkins was sentenced …

Kentucky Man Repays Ohio City $14,000 for Working While Receiving Workers’ Comp

A Brooksville, Ky. man pleaded guilty to theft and has been sentenced in connection with working while receiving workers’ comp benefits from the city of Cincinnati. The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) assisted Cincinnati, a self-insured employer, with its …

Ohio Business Owner Sentenced for Failing to Maintain Workers’ Comp Coverage

A Cleveland man has been sentenced after a jury convicted him of failing to maintain workers’ compensation coverage for his business. Donald L. “Donnie” Schilling, owner of Cleveland Tire & Wheel, was found to be concealing employee payroll figures so …