An Ohio appellate court upheld the denial of a worker’s request for an enhanced award of benefits for the traumatic amputation of his arm, finding his accident was the result of his unilateral negligence, not his employer’s violation of any safety regulation.
Ronnie Philipot worked for Doug Smith Farms. He was cleaning seeds using a machine that had an agitator with a rotating shaft and tines inside of a hopper box when the machine jammed.
Philipot used a wire device provided and fabricated by his employer to clear the clog while the shaft and tines were still rotating. The machi...
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