Collins v. United States Steel Corp.

Opinion by

Judge Blatt,

Walter Collins (claimant) was employed by United States Steel (employer) as a mechanic, also performing plumbing and electrical work, when on June 7, *3351968, he suffered an injury to his right ankle. His claim is that he was putting a pipe through a wall and had stepped on a shelf in order to see if the pipe was going through the wall properly. The shelf was approximately 18 inches off the floor, and when the claimant stepped backwards off the shelf, his ankle gave way. He reported to the first-aid office that he had sprained his ankle, and although he attempted to…