No Enhanced Award of Benefits for Worker Injured in Hydraulic Press Accident

An Ohio appellate court upheld a denial of an enhanced award of benefits to a worker whose hand was crushed by a hydraulic press. Case: State ex rel. Strawser v. Industrial Commission, No. 22AP-330, 11/30/2023, published. Facts: Robert Strawser worked for Spherion of Mid-Ohio, a staffing agency. Spherion assigned Strawser to work as a welder for Jay Industries Inc. On Nov. 6, 2018, Strawser finished his assigned welding tasks with 30 to 35 minutes remaining in his shift. He asked Wallace Rhein, a worker assigned to operate a hydraulic press brake, if he could use some help. Rhein acce...