Olson v. North Dakota Workers Compensation Bureau

MESCHKE, Justice.

Sharlene M. Olson appealed from denial of disability and rehabilitation benefits by the Workers Compensation Bureau. The district court affirmed and so do we.

Sharlene Olson worked in a floral shop. Her job duties included using her hands to dip flowers in a chemical preservative while arranging them. In September 1986, she first noticed a condition, later diagnosed as “cumulative insult chronic dry fissured digitate dermatitis,” which affected the thumb, index and third fingers of her right hand. She underwent medical treatment in October, and, at the direction of her…