Claim of Watson v. Ebasco Services

The employer and its workers’ compensation insurance carrier contend that substantial evidence is lacking to support the Workers’ Compensation Board’s findings that claimant sustained a work-related accident and that his disability is causally related to that accident. Claimant testified that he arrived at work at 8:20 a.m. on November 15, 1976, and that, as he entered his office, he tripped over a waste basket, struck his head on a desk or table and lost consciousness. Claimant has no memory of the rest of the day until 4:30 p.m., when he became aware of being fed oranges by a fellow…