City of Las Animas v. Maupin

Opinion by

Judge MARQUEZ.

Petitioners, City of Las Animas (employer) and Colorado Compensation Insurance Authority, contest the final order of the Industrial Claim Appeals. Office (Panel) which upheld an award by an Administrative Law Judge (AU) of workers’ compensation benefits to Jerry D. Maupin (claimant). We affirm.

Claimant, a lineman, suffered injury when he sustained an electrical shock while changing a power line in the course of his employment. Employer’s safety rule required employees always to wear rubber gloves while working on lines. Claimant testified that he removed a glove…