State ex rel. Arce v. Industrial Commission

{¶ 1} Appellee Hirzel Canning Company, Inc. turns cabbage into sauerkraut. This process requires the cabbages to be cored. To do so, Hirzel uses four Smith cabbage-coring machines. Used universally by the industry, the Smith coring machine is a large, seemingly stationary machine with an operator’s platform, loading station, rotating coring knife, and a discharge station that moves the cored cabbage onto a conveyor belt for further processing. While it is not clear when all of these machines were placed into service at Hirzel, it is agreed that the one germane to this litigation was placed…