Ohio Code § 4167.17

§ 4167.17.

(A) If a public employer, public employee, or public employee representative willfully

fails to comply with any final order of the administrator of workers' compensation

issued pursuant to this chapter, the administrator may apply to the court of common

pleas of Franklin county or the court of common pleas of the county in which the violation

occurred, for an injunction, restraining order, or any other appropriate relief compelling

the public employer, public employee, or public employee representative to comply

with such order.  The court shall order such relief as it considers appropriate and shall, in addition,

impose a civil penalty of not more than five hundred dollars per day per violation

and not to exceed a total of ten thousand dollars per violation. (B) The administrator shall not seek to enforce this chapter, or any Ohio employment

risk reduction standard, rule, or order adopted or issued pursuant thereto, in any

manner that derogates from the immunity offered to a public employer by variances

obtained under this chapter, or by variations, tolerance, or exemption allowed a public

employer for reasons of national defense by the United States secretary of labor pursuant

to section 16 of the “Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970,” 84 Stat. 1590, 29 U.S.C.A. 651 , as amended.