Rodgers v. Industrial Commission

HAIRE, Judge.

The question raised by the petitioner-claimant on this review of an award of the Industrial Commission concerns the Commission’s failure to treat a second industrial injury to his right hand as an unscheduled injury. 1

The claimant’s first industrial injury consisted of the loss of two of the fingers and a portion of the palm of his right hand. This first injury resulted in a Commission award of scheduled benefits for a 45% functional loss of use of the right hand. In a subsequent industrial injury the claimant suffered a 20% ■ functional loss of use of one of the remaining…