State ex rel. Jackson Tube Serv., Inc. v. Indus. Comm. (Slip Opinion)

Citations

• 2018 Ohio 3892
• 112 N.E.3d 894
• 154 Ohio St. 3d 180

Syllabus

Workers' compensation—To establish impossibility as an affirmative defense to an application for an additional award for a violation of a specific safety requirement, an employer must show (1) that it would have been impossible to comply with the specific safety requirement or that compliance would have precluded performance of the work and (2) that no alternative means of employee protection existed or were available.