Abel v. Industrial Com'n of Utah

OPINION

RUSSON, Associate Presiding Judge:

Darrell F. Abel seeks review of an order of the Board of Review of the Industrial Commission of Utah denying his claim for permanent total disability benefits under Utah Code Ann. § 35-1-67 (1988) and Utah Admin.Code R490-1-17(C) (1991). We reverse and remand.

FACTS

In early March 1989, Abel began working thirty-two hours per week as a trainer/nurse’s aide at West Jordan Care Center. On March 22, during his first month of employment, Abel injured his lower back while moving one of the center’s residents from his wheelchair to his bed. Over the next…