Claim of Peters v. Putnam Hospital Center

— Kane, J. P.

Appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed June 22, 1987, which ruled that claimant did not give timely notice of injury and denied her claim for workers’ compensation benefits.

Claimant, a nurses’ aide, injured her back on September 28, 1984 while lifting a patient. She continued to work and did not report the injury to her employer until after being informed of the seriousness of her injury subsequent to an X ray and examination by her physician on November 16, 1984. An initial claim for workers’ compensation benefits was filed on December 5, 1984 claiming…