Quality Wood Products Corp. v. Industrial Commission

Claimant, Oliver R Morrison, suffered a compression fracture of the L-l vertebra on January 9, 1980, and a compression fracture of the L-3 vertebra on September 6, 1980, while at work as a factory foreman for respondent, Quality Wood Products Corporation. After a hearing held pursuant to an application for adjustment of claim in relation to the first injury, an arbitrator awarded claimant 16% weeks of compensation for temporary total disability and 30 weeks of compensation for permanent loss of use of 15% of his left leg under section 8(e) of the Workers’ Compensation Act (Ill. Rev. Stat.…