Taylor v. Pfeiffer Plumbing & Heating Co.

Tom Glaze, Judge.

In this workers’ compensation case, the appellant suffered a compensable injury on November 5, 1979, while working under a truck when its transmission fell on his left shoulder and chest. The primary question in this appeal is whether appellant sustained an injury scheduled under Ark. Stat. Ann. § 81-1313 (c) (1), (22) (Repl. 1976), or whether the injury should be apportioned to the body as a whole under § 81-1313 (d). The Commission affirmed the Administrative Law Judge’s decision that appellant sustained a scheduled injury, finding the impairment was related to the arm and…