Kiewit Pacific v. Ennis

Employer seeks review of a Workers’ Compensation Board order holding that claimant’s injury is compensable. The issue is whether the injury is work-related. We affirm.

Claimant worked for employer on a road construction job. Employer provided employee parking at an off-road, graded area on the side of Highway 42, about 20 miles west of Roseburg. The parking lot facilitated employer’s transportation of employees to the work site. Claimant drove to work on Highway 42 and slowed almost to a stop to negotiate the right turn into the parking area. There were other routes to the parking area, but…