State ex rel. Timken Co. v. Hammer

{¶ 1} In the early morning hours of June 3, 1995, longtime employee Jimmy J. Mujáis, Jr., was moving steel bars with a straddle truck at the Gambrinus Steel Mill of his employer, the Timken Company, appellant. A straddle truck is designed to carry loads of pipe, lumber, and other long materials. With its wide wheelbase and high clearance, it moves materials — as the name indicates — by straddling the material and hauling it in the large undercarriage located beneath the elevated cab.

{¶ 2} On this particular vehicle — the number 40 Hyster — the cab was on the right side. There was a mirror on…