Kimble v. Labor Force, Inc.

LARRY D. VAUGHT, Judge.

| Appellant Winfred Kimble appeals from the opinion of the Arkansas Workers’ Compensation Commission finding that he failed to meet his burden of proving a compensable injury to his neck caused by either a specific incident or gradual onset. We affirm.

Kimble, age fifty two, was employed by appellee Labor Force, Inc., and assigned to work for Apple Tree Service, where he worked removing trees from power lines. Part of his job included “pulling brush,” which required him to pick up trimmed limbs — weighing between five and fifty pounds — and throw them into a wood…