Claim of the Commissioner of Taxation & Finance v. Fisher

Appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed September *66530, 1981. Decedent was employed as a potato picker on the appellant employer’s farm. On reporting for work, he was advised that his wages were based on a certain amount per bag of potatoes picked. He was given picking baskets and directed to a row by a' field worker. After working about half an hour to 45 minutes and picking three or four bags of potatoes, he became ill. He then handed his filled bags to a co-worker and went to lie down to rest under a bus on the farm premises. The bus was unexpectedly started and in…