Young v. Industrial Molded Plastics, Inc.

Cynthia Westcott Rice, Judge.

{¶ 1} This is an appeal by appellant, Leonard Young, from the judgment of the Portage County Court of Common Pleas granting a motion for summary judgment in favor of appellee, Industrial Molded Plastics.

{¶ 2} Appellant was employed by appellee as a machine operator. On February 22, 2000, James Doolittle, appellee’s foreman, assigned appellant to a mold press (“Press 11”) with which he was unfamiliar. Doolittle trained appellant for approximately 20 minutes and monitored him on the press for approximately 90 minutes.

{¶ 3} To operate the press, the operator had to…