Burnup & Sims Telecom, Inc. v. White

WENTWORTH, Judge.

This is an appeal from an order finding that the claimant suffered a compensable accident entitling him to temporary total disability benefits. We affirm.

Claimant is a 47 year old black male with a second grade education. He had been working for the employer since 1963 at various jobs until he was hospitalized in January, 1983. Claimant testified that on June 16, 1982, he was working at a job site and flipped backwards over machinery so that his neck and upper back hit something. Claimant testified that he felt pain at the time but rubbed his neck and kept on working. He also…