State ex rel. R.A.M.E., Inc. v. Industrial Commission

{¶ 1} In this appeal, appellant, R.A.M.E., Inc., challenges appellee Industrial Commission of Ohio’s finding that R.A.M.E. committed a violation of a specific safety requirement (“VSSR”). In early 2004, R.A.M.E. was installing the roof on a new school building. R.A.M.E. hired appellee Shawn Pawich Sr. as a general laborer/roofer on that project. On February 9, 2004, Pawich was working on the roof but was not wearing the safety harness that he had brought to the job site. Pawich fell off the roof, and after his workers’ compensation claim was allowed, he alleged that R.A.M.E. had violated Ohio…