To prove an intentional workplace tort for civil employer liability in Ohio, a worker must show that the employer 1) had knowledge of a workplace hazardous task or process, 2) had knowledge that if a worker carried out the hazardous task, that injury to the worker would be a "substantial certainty" and 3) despite having this knowledge, the employer still "required" the worker to perform the dangerous task. In a manufacturing plant where leaking molten plastic, in the presence of continued energized line heaters, can form a built-up hot spot and dangerously spray out of the machinery, the plant foreman admitted this danger of keeping the heaters in operation in testimony about the accident. A safety expert for the injured worker agreed.
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