State ex rel. Timmerman Truss, Inc. v. Industrial Commission

{¶ 1} On September 23, 1998, appellant-claimant, Chad Wagner, severely injured his right hand while using a table saw at work. In addition to causing numerous deep lacerations, several fractures, and nerve damage, claimant’s injury eventually required amputation of the right thumb tip and entire second finger.

{¶ 2} Office notes of claimant’s attending physician, Dr. H. Brent Bamberger, show steady recovery and in early March 1999, claimant was released to light-duty work. A previously undisclosed fracture temporarily interrupted progress, and it was during this time that claimant’s badly…