| Date: | 06/12/2002 |
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| Organization: | Department of Industrial Accidents |
| Docket Number: | DIA Board No. 008652-00 |
| Location: | Boston |
- Employee: Karen Siano
- Employer: Specialty Bolt & Screw, Inc.
- Insurer: Freemont Casualty Insurance Company
MCCARTHY, J. Karen E. Siano, a thirty-two year old married mother of two children, started working for Specialty Bolt and Screw, Inc. in 1996. She worked first as a packer and then in shipping. (Dec. 2.) Her medical history of neck problems is important to the issue before us. The hearing judge summarized this history as follows.
In 1988 she fractured her neck in a non-work related motor vehicle accident. She further strained her neck at home in 1994. She hit her head at work in 1996 and was out of work a week. Finally in 1998 she was lifting her dog at home when she had severe pain, resulting in surgery to her neck in September of 1998 in which a cervical disc was removed and a plate and screws inserted.
(Dec. 3)