Brito-Pacheco v. Tina's Hair Salon

ALOK AHUJA, Judge.

The Labor and Industrial Relations Commission denied workers’ compensation benefits to the dependents of Mauro Bri-*819to-Pacheco, who was murdered by a robber on August 10, 2009, while working at Tina’s Hair Salon in Kansas City. The Commission found that the Salon was not Brito-Pacheco’s statutory employer under § 287.040.1 Brito-Pacheco’s dependents appeal. We affirm.

Factual Background

As of 2009, Mauro Brito-Pacheco had worked as a barber at Tina’s Hair Salon for seven years. The Salon’s owner, Au-gustina Diaz, and four other stylists also cut hair at the Salon at the time of…