Morrow v. Dunlop Tire Corporation

CRAWLEY, Judge.

Kelly M. Morrow (the “worker”), an employee of Dunlop Tire Corporation (the “company”), was injured on March 16, 1996, when her right arm was drawn into a tire-building machine. The injury resulted in a displaced fracture of her right forearm. Because the injury was a crushing injury, the fracture was not simply a clean break in the bones of her forearm, but instead was a break in those bones with accompanying smaller fragments. The worker saw Dr. Louis G. Horn and underwent surgery to repair the arm, which resulted in the reattachment of the bone fragments with plates and…