Zaleski v. Farmland Foods, Inc.

Steven D. Zaleski appeals an award on rehearing entered by a three-judge panel of the Nebraska Workmen’s Compensation Court. We affirm.

Zaleski, 27 years old at the time of the rehearing, had worked as a meatcutter since he was 12 years old and went to work for Farmland Foods in April 1978. Shortly after entering employment by Farmland, Zaleski became a hog “gutter,” a job lasting 3 or 4 months and consuming 8 to 10 hours each workday. As a gutter, Zaleski used both hands to remove the intestine from incised hog carcasses (apparently elevated but not so indicated in the record). This process…