Zupon v. Industrial Commission of Utah

BILLINGS, Presiding Judge:

John W. Zupon filed this Petition for Review from an order of the Industrial Commission denying his claim for permanent total disability benefits. We affirm.

BACKGROUND

In 1975, petitioner was employed by Kaiser Steel as an electrician. On August 7 of that year, he felt a pain in his back while lifting an acetylene tank at work. In February of 1977, an administrative law judge found petitioner had a ten percent permanent physical impairment and was entitled to twenty-six weeks of temporary total compensation and thirty-one weeks of permanent partial compensation. The…