Yates v. Boar's Head Provisions Co., Inc.

11Anthony Yates appeals the decision of the Arkansas Workers’ Compensation Commission (“the Commission”) finding that he failed to establish that he had sustained a compensable injury arising out of and in the course of his employment at Boar’s Head Provisions Co., Inc. (“Boar’s Head”). On appeal, Yates argues that the Commission’s decision was not supported by substantial evidence. We affirm.

Yates began working for Boar’s Head on April 8, 2012. He initially worked in sanitation and then was promoted to a position at the smokehouse. At the hearing before the administrative law judge (“ALJ”),…