Claim of Beames v. Warren County Sheriff's Department

— Harvey, J. Appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, *878filed October 2, 1990, which, inter alia, ruled that claimant sustained an accidental injury in the course of his employment.

Claimant began work as a correction officer for the Warren County Sheriffs Department in April 1983. Although it appears that claimant had longstanding problems with alcohol abuse, depression and marital difficulties, these problems apparently did not affect his ability to perform his job. Approximately a year after claimant began this employment, his eldest son was incarcerated at the jail where he…