BLACK CREEK, INC. v. Wood

On Application for Rehearing

THOMAS, Judge.

The opinion of July 31, 2009, is withdrawn, and the following is substituted therefor.

Ray Keith Wood was employed by Black Creek, Inc., in May 1999. Black Creek manufactured handguns until it ceased operations in 2001. Wood was a machinist; he would use different machines to cut blocks of steel, to shape the frames of the guns, and to shape the barrels, and he also assembled the handguns. During his employment with Black Creek, Wood said that his forearms were subject to repetitive stress from running the machines and lathes and that he suffered…