Glodo v. Industrial Com'n of Arizona

OPINION

LANKFORD, Judge.

This appeal asks us to decide whether an employee who injures his hand by punching a metal door due to a disagreement with his supervisor has sustained a compensable industrial injury. Because we conclude he has not, we affirm the award.

The evidence established that the claimant fractured a finger of his left hand at work at White Mountain KFC # 2 in Prescott Valley. The sole dispute between the parties concerned the manner in which the injury occurred.

It was undisputed by the parties that the claimant, a cook at KFC, was asked by the assistant store manager, Brad…