Casucci v. Community Carting Co.

Appeal from a decision of the majority of the Workmen’s Compensation Board, filed January 31, 1973, which affirmed a decision of a referee denying claimant benefits on the ground that her husband, the decedent, did not sustain an accidental injury arising out of and in the course of employment. Decedent was employed as a driver-helper on a hydraulically operated garbage truck. Decedent’s job entailed collecting trash from supermarkets and loading it on the truck in bundles weighing from one to 50 pounds. The board found that the trash was put into containers .which were hooked on to the truck…