| Date: | 11/21/2001 |
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| Organization: | Department of Industrial Accidents |
| Docket Number: | DIA Board No. 052146-98 |
| Location: | Boston |
- Employee: Vivian Maynard
- Employer: Burger King
- Insurer: Eastern Casualty Insurance Co. and Star Insurance Co.
MCCARTHY, J. Vivian Maynard, who was fifty-two years of age at the time of the hearing, received a high school education in her native Barbados. She also had secretarial school training but never worked in that capacity. Upon coming to the United States in 1971, she worked as a nurse’s aide for various employers until 1990 when she suffered a work related back injury. Several years later she returned to work at the Essex Nursing Home and stayed there until it closed in 1995. Fearful that she would again hurt her back if she returned to work as a nurse’s aide, she secured part-time employment in February 1997 with Burger King Corporation. Prior to her employment with Burger King, Ms. Maynard had never experienced any skin problems. (Dec. 4.)