A divided Ohio Supreme Court overturned a worker’s enhanced award of benefits for a injury that occurred after his hand was caught in a nip point of a calender machine.
Case: State ex rel. 31 Inc. v. Industrial Commission, No. 2016-0968, 12/21/2017, published.
Facts: Duane Ashworth worked for 31 Inc., a company that processes rubber to make products that are used to repair tires. He injured his right arm while using a calender machine at work.
The machine was equipped with metal rollers that revolved in opposite directions. Ashworth’s had got caught in the ...
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