State Ex Rel. Glunt Industries, Inc. v. Industrial Commission

{¶ 1} Appellee, Thomas E. Hamrick II, has alleged that his employer, appellant Glunt Industries, Inc., committed a violation of a specific safety requirement (“VSSR”). The requirement in question directs employers to supply protective apparatus to employees working on specified electrical equipment. Hamrick asserts that this violation proximately caused his industrial injury, and he now seeks additional workers’ compensation benefits for that alleged violation.

{¶ 2} On April 19, 2006, Glunt experienced a plantwide power failure, and Hamrick, an electrician, alleges that he was told to…