Janney v. JW Jones Lumber Co., Inc.

McGEE, Judge.

Defendants appeal an opinion and award by the North Carolina Industrial Commission (Commission) awarding workers’ compensation payments to plaintiff for an injury to plaintiffs ear sustained *403while working for defendant employer. Plaintiff testified that he had worked as a lumber grader for defendant employer for some four years prior to the injury. Plaintiffs job entailed sitting or standing before a set of chains which carried boards to be graded. A console to control the chains was located behind plaintiff, and plaintiff had to turn around to stop the chains with the console.

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