Wilson v. Roseburg Forest Products

In this workers’ compensation case, the Workers’ Compensation Board upheld employer’s denial, because claimant had not filed her claim on time. Claimant seeks review, and we affirm.

Claimant does not dispute the Board’s findings. She worked for employer as a skoog operator, which involved light work associated with plugging knot holes in sheets of plywood. In early December, 1988, she relieved another employee on the “round table.” Sometime during the shift, she felt a “burning pain” in her neck. When the pain increased, she told her supervisor about the pain and asked to be relieved. She…