Robinson v. Icarus Indus. Constructing & Painting Co

In Robinson v. Icarus Indus. Constructing & Painting Co., 145 Ohio App.3d 256, 262, 2001 Ohio 2207, 762 N.E.2d 463, the employee was an experienced commercial painter assigned to paint bridges. Id. The employee was trained in using fall protection gear, which was issued to him, and signed the mission statement that he had received the training. Id. On September 12, 1994, the employee was not wearing his safety equipment and fell from scaffolding to his death. Id. His estate brought a claim for an employer intentional tort. Id. The Court held that since the employer supplied the employee with safety gear and trained the employee in its use, the employer was not at fault when the employee was tragically killed when he chose not to use the safety equipment. Id.