Loyd v. Ozark Electric Cooperative, Inc.

PREWITT, Judge.

Robert Steven Loyd died while trying'to repair with another lineman an underground pad-mounted transformer owned by his employer, Ozark Electric Cooperative, Inc., in Greene County, Missouri. His dependents filed a claim seeking death benefits under the Workers’ Compensation Act and then later, a fifteen percent penalty pursuant to Section 287.120.4, RSMo 1994. They were awarded both, and the Employer and Insurer appeal. They contest only the assessment of the fifteen percent penalty.

Robert Steven Loyd and Steven Swear-ingen were employees of Ozark Electric Cooperative, Inc., a…