Helm v. SCF, Inc.

TURNAGE, Presiding Judge.

Appeal from an award on a worker’s compensation claim. The Labor and Industrial Relations Commission affirmed an award of 10% permanent partial disability to the body as a whole made by the Administrative Law Judge. The question on appeal is whether or not there was evidence an injury suffered in 1983 was to the same part of the body as an injury sustained in 1974.

In August of 1974 Helm sustained an injury to his back while employed by AMOCO Oil Company. This claim was settled in 1978 with an award to Helm based on 30% permanent partial disability to the body as a…