Woolum v. Miners Memorial Hospital Ass'n

WADDILL, Commissioner.

Contending that she is totally, permanently disabled, Lora Woolum appeals from a judgment confirming an award of the Workmen’s Compensation Board which allowed her ten per cent partial, permanent disability.

Mrs. Woolum, fifty-nine years of age, was employed as a kitchen helper by the ap-pellee, Miners Memorial Hospital Association. On September 8, 1962, she was attempting to place a tray of bottles on an elevator which would carry them to a lower floor. The tray allegedly struck the edge of the elevator causing her to jerk away from it and sustain injuries in the area of…