Burnside v. Cessna Aircraft Co.

Rulon, J.:

This is an appeal by Cessna Aircraft Company, self-insured employer and the Workers Compensation Fund from an order entered by the Workers Compensation Board (Board). We affirm in part and dismiss in part.

Claimant Donnelda Burnside began working for Cessna Aircraft Company (Cessna) in August 1972 as a sheet metal assembler. Claimant had to work overhead and lift parts over her head that weighed well in excess of 10 pounds. Claimant testified that on April 2, 1981, she was holding a bucking bar (a big piece of heavy metal regularly used by sheet metal assemblers) while a co-employee…