Detter v. Department of Industry, Labor & Human Relations

It was the finding of the commission:

“That the applicant suffered a spontaneous herniation of an intervertebral disc while at work; that his work did not cause the herniation, but was merely incidental therewith; that the applicant only turned to the side to reach laterally and to the rear for a seven to eight pound drill; that this was not a competent producing cause for the herniation; that the applicant was 64 years of age at the time of his difficulty, with degenerative changes of the spine and a history of prior back difficulty; that the applicant did not sustain accidental injury…