Bottomley v. Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Corp.

OPINION

BEVILACQUA, Chief Justice.

This is an employee’s original petition for compensation under the Workers’ Compensation Act. The trial commissioner denied and dismissed the petition. The full commission affirmed that decree. The case is before us on appeal from the decree of the full commission.

The facts are not in dispute. The employee worked on the 7 a. m. to 3 p. m. shift as a sweeper-cleaner, responsible for emptying waste baskets, cleaning men’s rooms, and mopping floors. Each day, after completing his regular duties, but before punching out and leaving the premises, he would go to the…