Valencia v. Labor Commission

Opinion

TOOMEY, Judge:

{1 Florencia Valencia challenges a Utah Labor Commission (Commission) decision denying disability benefits for hearing loss she claims to have sustained while working for Graphic Packaging (Employer). We decline to disturb the Commission's decision.

BACKGROUND

T2 Employer is a manufacturer of paperboard, recycled board, and folding carton packaging. According to her job description, Valencia inspected finished items as they came off the machines requiring her to work in a noisy environment. A number of professional workplace sound tests were conducted between 1988 and 2009,…