Baker v. Weyerhaeuser

Appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed June 1, 2004, which ruled that claimant sustained a causally related disability and awarded workers’ compensation benefits.

In August 2002, after working at a corrugated cardboard plant for many years manually pushing and pulling heavy loads of material from production to storage, claimant experienced shoulder pain and reported it to his employer, which promptly filed a C-2 form. Claimant ceased working in September 2002, was diagnosed as having a torn rotator cuff and a herniated cervical disc, and ultimately applied for…