Baker v. Louisiana Pacific Corp.

BISTLINE, Justice.

This is an appeal from a decision of the Industrial Commission. The employer, Louisiana Pacific Corporation, challenges the award of permanent partial disability benefits to the employee, Burton Baker. We affirm the order of the Industrial Commission.

BACKGROUND

Claimant-respondent Burton Baker was a sawmill worker for most of his adult life. On October 21, 1982, while working at the Moyie Springs sawmill for defendant-appellant Louisiana Pacific Corporation, Baker suffered an injury. He was attempting to adjust some firehoses and fell approximately eight to ten feet onto a…