Youngren v. Weyerhaeuser Co.

The result reached by the majority condones immature conduct. I would affirm the Workers’ Compensation Board’s denial of benefits because, as the Board found, claimant was not acting within his "course of employment” at the time that he struck the barrel.

Claimant was employed to patch defects in plywood panels. To ensure a free flow of glue from the applicator hose, it was the practice to periodically eject some of the adhesive into a bucket. The bucket of waste glue was from time to time emptied in a vat outside the plant. The most direct access to that vat was through a hole in the side of…