Fletcher v. Industrial Commission

OPINION

SCHROEDER, Judge.

The petitioner, Grady Fletcher, suffered an industrial injury in March, 1970, while employed as an underground miner for the respondent-employer, Phelps Dodge Corporation, in its Bisbee, Arizona, mine, the Copper Queen. He returned to light work approximately one year later as a mine watchman at a reduced wage rate. The Industrial Commission found that he had suffered a 30% general physical functional disability, and awarded him permanent benefits based upon a 34.81% reduction in his monthly earning capacity. 1

Petitioner continued working for Phelps Dodge as a watchman…