Claim of Denue v. Native Textiles

Appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed July 25, 1984.

Claimant was employed by Native Textiles when, on July 31, 1974, he experienced sharp pain in his right shoulder while lifting a piece of machinery. He immediately alerted his supervisor and sought medical treatment. Eventually, he went to a hospital and X rays were taken, which revealed what appeared to be a lytic lesion in the cervical spine. Doctors, suspecting malignancy, decided to perform an arteriogram. During this procedure, claimant’s brachial artery was lacerated, requiring immediate corrective surgery.…