Gaddy v. Anson Wood Products

COZORT, Judge.

In this workers’ compensation case, defendant appeals from an order of the Industrial Commission finding that plaintiffs injury was not proximately caused by his intoxication and awarding plaintiff 20 weeks of permanent partial disability benefits for the loss of a finger. We affirm.

On 17 June 1985, the date of his injury, plaintiff had been employed by defendant Anson Wood Products for approximately one year. Plaintiffs job was to pull and stack lumber by grade and width. Other employees were responsible for putting lumber onto a vibrating conveyor (the vibrator) that shook the…