McClendon v. Nabisco Brands, Inc.

Claimant petitions for judicial review of a Workers’ Compensation Board order reversing the referee’s opinion which ordered employer to accept her claim. On de novo review, we reverse and reinstate the referee’s order.

Claimant was an assembly line worker with Nabisco for 13 years, working primarily on the high volume chocolate chip, Oreo and cracker lines. • Her work involved quick, repetitive motions, twisting, reaching and lifting loads of approximately two pounds. The arm movements ranged from waist to eye level. She first experienced shoulder irritation in the summer of 1982. She went to…