Dugan v. Industrial Commission

SMITH, Judge.

Claimant, Darewood R. Dugan, seeks review of a final order of the Industrial Commission awarding him temporary total disability benefits based on a wage rate of $3.00 per hour. We affirm.

The pertinent facts are undisputed. The claimant had been employed as a carpenter for approximately twenty years and was employed by a construction company from 1981 until February 1982 at a wage of $17.60 per hour or $383.22 per week. In February 1982 claimant was laid off, and because carpenter jobs were scarce, he found work as a welder at $3.00 per hour or $120 per week.

On March 2, 1982,…