Safstrom v. Riedel International, Inc.

Claimant appeals from an order of the Workers’ Compensation Board (Board) reversing the referee and upholding the employer’s insurance carrier’s partial denial of claimant’s compensation claim. We reverse.

Claimant was injured on July 29, 1981, when he received a high voltage and high amperage electrical shock while working on employer’s rock crushing machine. His claim was accepted by employer on August 31, 1981. He received temporary total disability compensation until March 1, 1982, when employer’s insurance carrier issued what it characterizes as a partial denial of claimant’s claim. The…