Allen v. Industrial Commission of Arizona

OPINION

FROEB, Judge.

Petitioner sustained a fractured collarbone on February 9, 1977, when a jack slipped from under a truck causing the bumper to knock him to the ground. ASARCO accepted the claim and petitioner was given treatment, which included the use of a clavicle splint. Before the case closed, petitioner had a nonindustrial accident on June 8, 1977, in which he suffered a compression fracture of the fifth lumbar vertebra. Contending that the second accident resulted from the first injury, petitioner filed an additional claim in the pending case and a new claim. The claims were…