Simmons v. Fairchild Industries & Zurich American Insurance Co.

MILLS, Judge.

Simmons appeals from an order of the Deputy Commissioner finding that he suf*61fered no compensable injury and denying his claim for TTD benefits and medical expenses. We affirm.

Simmons was employed by Fairchild Industries (E/C) as a sheetmetal mechanic. His job involved the occasional lifting (1 or 2 times per week), with the assistance of other workers, of 190-pound airplane fuselage sections. During infrequent “rush” periods, more lifting with fewer assistants was sometimes required. Simmons alleges that the lower back injury of which he complains began with an unspecified…