Jameson v. State Accident Insurance Fund Corp.

Claimant appeals from an order of the Workers’ Compensation Board, which reversed the referee and held that claimant’s back condition was not compensable. We reverse.

On October 10, 1979, claimant was employed by a company, then insured by SAIF, when he stepped into a hole, tripped, fell against the trunk of a tree with his right shoulder, lost his footing and rolled for some distance down a steep incline. He was treated initially for injury to his right shoulder. On his second visit to the doctor, five days after the incident, claimant began to complain about pain in his low back. Prior to…