Clark v. Erdman Meat Packing

Claimant seeks review of an order of the Workers’ Compensation Board reversing the referee’s opinion and order and denying benefits for claimant’s back condition. The fundamental question is whether claimant’s employment activities at Erdman Meat Packing Company was the major contributing cause of his back condition. We find that it was not and affirm.

Claimant sustained a nondisabling compensable lumbar strain while employed at Hatcher Construction Company in 1979. The injury produced sharp lower back pain approximately twice a month over a period of several years, but claimant never missed…