Decision  Kimberly White v. UPS

Date:	03/23/2001
Organization:	Department of Industrial Accidents
Docket Number:	DIA Board No. 056079-96
Location:	Boston

• Employee: Kimberly White
• Employer: UPS
• Insurer: Liberty Mutual Insurance Company

MCCARTHY, J. Kimberly White, who was twenty-six years of age at the time of the hearing, is a high school graduate and holds a Class C motor vehicle operator’s license. (Dec. 2.) In August 1994, she started working for United Parcel Service (UPS) sorting packages and loading trailers. Id. She worked about five hours a night without a break, totaling about twenty-seven hours per week.¹

¹ From February 1995 through March 1997, Ms. White was concurrently employed by a Brockton newspaper delivering newspapers in bulk to retail outlets. Her average weekly wage there was $230.00. (Dec. 3.) The employee’s other work experience includes office clerical and school bus driving. At the time of the decision, Ms. White was concurrently working as a merchandiser and self-employed in a telecommunications business. Id.