Saffer v. Blackstone Drilling, Inc.

Abbott, J.:

This is an appeal in a workers’ compensation case. The claimant, Delbert Saffer, appeals, questioning only the method used to compute his average weekly wage.

The salient facts are undisputed. Claimant worked for the respondent, Blackstone Drilling, Inc., (Blackstone) as a “truck pusher” before his retirement. His primary job was to oversee the transportation and assembly of oil drilling rigs and pumps.

Claimant retired in March of 1980, and from time to time after that he filled in for vacationing employees of Blackstone.

In June of 1981, Blackstone’s “truck pusher” took two weeks’…