Blinded Worker Gets Enhanced Award of Benefits

An Ohio appellate court upheld a worker’s entitlement to an enhanced award of workers’ compensation benefits based on his employer’s violation of several specific safety regulations. Case: State ex rel. Target Auto Repair Minutemen Select Inc. v. Morales, No. 18AP-716, 01/14/2020, published. Facts: Josue S. Morales worked for Target Auto Repair Minutemen Select Inc. While he was using a hand-held pneumatic grinder in February 2014, the grinding disk shattered. Fragments broke the face shield Morales was wearing, causing injury to his face and left eye. He wound up losing hi...