Weaver v. Nabors Drilling USA

Larry D. Vaught, Judge.

This workers’ compensation case, where the Commission held that Russell Weaver had failed to prove his injury was compensable, presents the issue of the meaning of the term “specific incident” as found in Ark. Code Ann. § 11-9-102(4). We affirm the decision of the Commission.

Weaver began working for appellee, Nabors Drilling, in December 2004. On either March 3 or 4, 2005, he complained that his hands were “tingling” and “burning” while he was “mixing mud” for his job. At the hearing, he stated that he was “picking up a sack of mud and carrying it a few feet” when he…