Harrison v. Taylor Lumber & Treating, Inc.

Claimant seeks review of an order of the Workers’ Compensation Board awarding him 18 percent unscheduled permanent partial disability (PPD). We affirm.

Claimant is a 57 year old mill worker. He was working as an edgerman in February, 1987, when he injured his lower back, left leg and hip in a fall. As an edgerman, he operated sawing equipment by pushing buttons either from a standing or sitting position. Occasionally, when a piece of lumber fell to the floor, he had to return it to the conveyor belt. After his fall, he continued to have pain in his left leg and back and eventually had nerve…