Key takeaways
- ✓OSBA Board Certified Workers' Compensation Specialist serving Columbus and Franklin County since 1976.
- ✓Free, unlimited-time telephone consultation — Mike personally responds to every call.
- ✓No fee unless we win your case. We handle initial filings, appeals, and Industrial Commission hearings.
- ✓Representing injured workers across Columbus and Dublin, Westerville, Reynoldsburg.
Workers’ compensation representation in Columbus
Columbus is Ohio's largest city and its economy spans state government, logistics, technology, and healthcare — all industries with distinct workplace injury profiles. The massive distribution centers along I-70 and I-270 employ tens of thousands of workers who face musculoskeletal injuries from repetitive lifting and machinery operation. Franklin County's booming construction sector adds thousands of fall, struck-by, and electrocution claims each year. Attorney Michael H. Gruhin regularly represents Columbus-area workers at Industrial Commission hearings in the downtown Columbus district office.
As one of only a handful of OSBA Board Certified Workers’ Compensation Specialists in Ohio, Mike Gruhin brings a level of expertise that general-practice attorneys simply cannot match. From initial BWC filings to contested hearings before the Industrial Commission, our firm handles every stage of the claims process for Columbus and Franklin County workers.
Areas we serve near Columbus
Our office is in Beachwood, just minutes from downtown Columbus. We represent clients throughout Franklin County and the surrounding communities, including:
Workplace injury landscape in Franklin County
Franklin County is Ohio's most populous county, and its BWC claim volume has grown steadily as warehouse and logistics operations expand along the I-70/I-270 corridors.
The Columbus metro area added over 40,000 warehouse and distribution jobs in the past decade, bringing a corresponding rise in musculoskeletal and material-handling injuries.
Ohio State University's Wexner Medical Center and other major Columbus hospital systems account for a substantial share of Franklin County's repetitive-stress and patient-handling BWC claims.
Why Columbus clients choose Gruhin & Gruhin
Board certified specialist
Mike Gruhin holds the OSBA Board Certification in Workers’ Compensation — a credential earned by fewer than 3% of Ohio attorneys who practice in this area.
Nearly 50 years of experience
Founded in 1976, our firm has represented thousands of Ohio injured workers and accident victims through every stage of the claims and litigation process.
No fee unless we win
We work on a contingency-fee basis. You pay nothing upfront and owe no attorney fees unless we recover compensation for you.
Personal attention
Mike personally handles every case and responds to every client call and inquiry — you will never be passed off to a paralegal.
Get a free workers’ compensation case review
If you were injured on the job in Columbus or anywhere in Franklin County, call (216) 861-5555 for a free, no-obligation consultation. Mike personally responds to every call.
Frequently asked questions — Columbus workers’ compensation
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