Standard Construction & Associates v. Kinsler

JOANOS, Judge.

In this worker’s compensation appeal, the employer and its carrier contest the deputy commissioner’s finding that the claimant was temporarily totally disabled (“TTD”) for a period of three months following the date of claimant’s work-related accident. We agree with the employer that the deputy erred, as a matter of law, in awarding TTD benefits.

While working as a mason’s assistant on July 27, 1979, the claimant broke out in a severe rash on his hands, forehead and back which the parties stipulated was caused by exposure to cement mix. The claimant received treatment for the…