Davis v. South Carolina Department of Corrections

Ness, Chief Justice:

This is an appeal from an order of the circuit court setting aside an award of worker’s compensation benefits. We reverse and reinstate the award.

Appellant Davis worked as ¿'kitchen helper while serving a youthful offender sentence at a work release center in Spartanburg. While cleaning a deep fat fryer, Davis slipped and landed on his back in a puddle of hot grease on the floor. He was very severely injured and had not reached maximum healing at the time of the hearing. The single commissioner ruled the injury was compensable and awarded Davis temporary total benefits and…