Aquino v. Industrial Commission

DONOFRIO, Judge.

Petitioner, a sixty-three-year-old laborer, was employed at a bridge-building jobsite in the Casa Grande area, many miles from his home. Due to the distance, he found it convenient to live at the site in a camper he had placed upon his pickup truck. He was not required by his employer to live at the site, and many of his fellow employees found it more convenient to live at their respective homes.

The employer furnished his employees with a water cooler during the working hours, with a large chunk of ice placed in the cooler during the day. It was the practice at the end of the…