Kammerer v. United Parcel Service

Claimant seeks review of an order of the Workers’ Compensation Board that held that an injury to her eye was not compensable. The issue is whether the Board erred in its determination that claimant’s injury, which was caused by horseplay, did not arise out of her employment. We reverse and remand.

The facts are not in dispute. Claimant was required by her employer to park her car in a lot across the street from employer’s main facility. In order to reach her car at the end of her shift, she had to walk past a guard shack and through a parking lot reserved for certain employees.

On March 19,…