CP# 2001 26867 (2005). LILIA E. JIMENEZ, PETITIONER, VS. MDM TECHNOLOGIES, INC., RESPONDENTS.

• Court: New Jersey

New Jersey Worker's Compensation 2005. CP# 2001 26867 (2005). LILIA E. JIMENEZ, PETITIONER, VS. MDM TECHNOLOGIES, INC., RESPONDENTS CP# 01-26867 Jimenez v. MDM Technologies, Inc. NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF LABOR DIVISION OF WORKERS' COMPENSATION ELIZABETH, UNION COUNTY DISTRICT CLAIM PETITION NO. 2001 26867LILIA E. JIMENEZ, PETITIONER, VS.MDM TECHNOLOGIES, INC., RESPONDENTS.RESERVED DECISIONTHE HONORABLE PETER F. WOMACK Administrative Supervisory Judge of CompensationAPPEARANCES: Ginarte, O'Dwyer and Winograd, L.L.P. BY: JORGE L. HERNANDEZ, ESQ. 400 Market Street Newark, New Jersey 07105 Attorney for the Petitioner. FRANK R. ALANSKY, ESQ. 1599 Littleton Road Parsippany, New Jersey 07054 Attorney for the Respondent.In the matter of Lilia Jimenez v. MDM Technologies Incorporated, claim petition 2001-26867. It was stipulated that petitioner was an employee of the respondent through June 29th 2001. She apparently did not have the wages but the claim petition indicates a weekly wage of $318.75 per week. Respondent indicated that this claim petition alleged occupational injuries and left petitioner to her proofs. The claim petition alleged eye, ear, nose, throat, back, neck, pulmonary nervous system and cardiovascular injuries. In the beginning of this trial the petitioner's attorney stipulated they are proceeding only on the orthopedic claims. Therefore, all other claims are dismissed. Petitioner started working in 1989 and continued until June of 2001. She was a machine operator/sorter. Sometimes she would operate the machine and sometimes she would sort the material from the machines. As a sorter, she would put rubber bands on 150 pieces of envelopes or cards and in an (8) eight hour shift would ship out approximately 40 to 50,000 pieces. As a machine operator she would pick up boxes from pallets and place the material in the machine. This material would be envelopes or cards basically although sometimes she would work with newspapers. The envelopes and cards amounted to about 2,000 or 3,000 pieces. The boxes weighed anywhere from 8 to 9 pounds. When working with newspapers there were about 5,000 to 6,000 newspapers. When she sorted newspapers she would only work with newspapers that day. Petitioner would perform a lot of bending when she worked as a machine operator. Her basic complaints with work were problems with her...