Dearman v. Deltic Timber Corp.

DAVID M. GLOVER, Judge.

11 Appellant, Glenda Dearman, worked as a lumber grader for appellee Deltic Timber. Twice each day, once before lunch and once after lunch, Deltic shut down the mill production for mandatory fifteen-minute breaks. On September 18, 2006, at the beginning of one of the mandatory breaks, Dearman tripped over a board on her way to the break room and injured her left shoulder. The administrative law judge found that Dearman had proven by a preponderance of the evidence that she had sustained a compensable left-shoulder injury; that the medical treatment she received for her…