Claim of Hughes v. New York Telephone Co.

Appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed April 5,1983, which held that claimant’s injury arose out of and in the course of his employment. On Saturday, September 29, 1979, claimant was a line foreman for the employer. Claimant was not on duty on that date, but at approximately 10:15 a.m., he received a telephone request from another foreman to check on a report of a broken pole. After receiving the call, claimant dressed and prepared to go to the scene of the broken pole. On his way to a company car parked in his driveway, claimant stepped on a rake which came *909up and…