Rojas v. Labor Commission

Opinion

HAGEN, Judge:

¶1 Javier Rojas was injured while working as a printing machine operator for Ferrari Color. Rojas seeks judicial review of the Utah Labor Commission’s decision that he was not entitled to a 15% increase in disability compensation because his injury did not result from a willful safety violation by his employer. We conclude that Ferrari Color’s conduct does not constitute a “willful failure” under the Utah Workers’ Compensation Act and therefore decline to disturb the Commission’s decision.

BACKGROUND 1

¶2 As a printing machine operator, Rojas’s duties required him to place…