State ex rel. Alcoa Building Products v. Industrial Commission

{¶ 1} Appellee-claimant, Robert R. Cox, injured his left hand and arm in a 1986 workplace accident. Despite efforts to save the limb, claimant’s left arm was eventually amputated just below the elbow. Continuing hypersensitivity at the amputation site has prevented claimant from ever wearing a prosthesis. Claimant’s ongoing difficulties with his left arm have affected his right arm as well, with “rotator cuff tear and right rotator cuff tendonitis” also being an allowed part of his claim.

{¶ 2} Claimant received a scheduled loss award for his left-hand amputation under former R.C. 4123.57(B).…