Silver v. Roberts Welding Contractors

WYNN, Judge.

Plaintiff, James Vance Silver, and defendants Roberts Welding Contractors (Roberts) and The PMA Group appeal from the opinion and award of the North Carolina Industrial Commission awarding plaintiff payments for temporary total disability and temporary partial disability and vocational rehabilitation services.

Plaintiff was employed by Roberts as an iron worker helper which required him to work with a welder on the steel frame of buildings. On 13 October 1987, plaintiff was injured when two pieces of concrete fell on him. The first piece of concrete knocked off his hard hat and the…