Macro Oil Co. v. Benjamin

JJDECUIR, Judge.

In this worker’s compensation case, the claimant, John Benjamin, appeals a judgment of the workers’ compensation judge dismissing his claim against his employer Macro Oil, Inc. For the reasons that follow, we affirm.

FACTS

On June 11, 1994, Benjamin, while in the course and scope of his employment as a cashier/cook for Macro Oil, Inc., lifted a trash receptacle in order to empty it into a dumpster. The trash receptacle was a fifty-five gallon drum which had been cut in half. Benjamin alleges that when he lifted the barrel he heard a popping sound in his 12back and was unable to…