Foster's Auto Crushing v. Wood

WENTWORTH, Judge.

The employer/carrier appeal an order of the deputy commissioner authorizing a psychiatric evaluation and awarding attorney’s fees. We affirm.

Claimant was injured in a compensable accident on January 8, 1981, when he was hit in the forehead with a lead pipe. He suffered a frontal sinus fracture which required surgery to remove the fractured bone and the contents of the sinus. Fat was removed from claimant’s abdomen and inserted into the sinus area in an attempt to prevent facial deformity. The bone fragments were then wired back into their original position. On March 23, 1981…