McGarity v. Merit Electric Co.

NIMMONS, Judge.

The claimant appeals from the deputy commissioner’s order denying payment of medical expenses and temporary total disability benefits following surgery for repair of an incarcerated left inguinal hernia. We reverse.

The employer is an electrical contracting firm for whom the claimant commenced working in February 1984 as a laborer and helper for the apprentice electricians. His primary duty was to carry materials to the electricians as needed. He would lift items such as rolls of wire, concrete blocks, large pipes and transformers.

The claimant did not realize that he had a…