What happens if an employee is injured because of the employees failure to use safety devices provided by the employer or failure to obey a reasonable safety rule of the employer?
Under the law, if an employee has an injury caused by the employee’s failure to use safety devices provided by the employer or failure to obey reasonable safety rules of the employer, the compensation and death benefits are reduced at least twenty-five but not more than fifty percent. However, it must be shown that the employee had actual knowledge of the employer’s safety rules and the employer had made a reasonable effort to make sure that the employee used the safety devices and/or obeyed the safety rules.
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