Clawson v. Labor Commission, Division of Adjudication

Memorandum Decision

ROTH, Judge:

1 Petitioner Randy James Clawson petitions for review of a Utah Labor Commission Appeals Board (the Board) decision to deny his claim for permanent total disability compensation. See generally Utah Code Ann. § 34A-2-413(1) (LexisNexis 2011). We set aside the Board's decision and direct the Board to reconsider Clawson's claim.

{2 In 1975, Clawson dropped out of tenth grade and started working at Star Foundry. He is now in his fifties and has been employed there for over thirty years. Over the course of his employment, Clawson was exposed to silica dust, which can…