Morgan v. Beaver Heat Treating Corp.

The principal issue in this workers’ compensation case is whether claimant’s upper back and neck condition is compensable. If it is, a subsidiary question is whether State Accident Insurance Fund or EBI is the responsible insurance carrier.

Claimant is a 39-year-old truck driver who worked for Beaver Heat Treating Corporation the last three years during which he worked. On April 25, 1977, he suffered a compensable injury to his low back while moving barrels within a truck. On October 18,1977, a determination order issued awarding claimant five percent unscheduled permanent partial disability…