Thrapp v. Smith Blair, Inc.

ROBERT J. GLADWIN, Chief Judge.

11 Steve Jeffrey Thrapp appeals the April 24, 2013 decision of the Arkansas Workers’ Compensation Commission (Commission), affirming and adopting the administrative law judge’s (ALJ) decision that he failed to prove by a preponderance of the evidence that he sustained compensable injuries. On appeal, he argues that the Commission erred in so doing. We affirm.

Appellant, age forty-four, testified that he began working for appellee Smith Blair, Inc., as a “grinder” from May 1999 until sometime in 2004 or 2005. His duties as a “grinder” involved working with…