Claim of De Ruggiero v. City of New York Department of Citywide Administrative Services

Appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed May 15, 2015, which ruled, among other things, that claimant sustained a 35% loss of wage-earning capacity.

In November 2010, claimant, a high-pressure plant tender, was injured in a work-related accident and was awarded workers’ compensation benefits. Thereafter, in February 2012, claimant was involved in another work-related accident when the ladder that he was using broke, causing him to fall to the ground and sustain various injuries—some of which overlapped with the injuries sustained during the previous accident. Claimant…