Lofton v. Brown & Root

ROBERT P. BRADLEY, Retired Appellate Judge.

This is a workmen’s compensation case.

*89On February 27, 1990 Tom V. Lofton was employed as a “rod buster” at a construction site for Brown and Root (employer). In the course of this employment, Lofton fell from a distance of about eight feet and struck his buttocks and lower back on a two-by-four before landing in the bottom of a hole. Lofton promptly reported the accident to the on-site safety inspector and later returned to work.

On April 2, 1990 Lofton complained to the safety supervisor about back pain. Lofton consulted with a doctor on that day and…