Hall v. Dependable Source Corp of MS, 030320 MSWC, 1908094-R-0431

• Case Date: March 03, 2020
• Court: Mississippi

DENNIS HALL CLAIMANT v. DEPENDABLE SOURCE CORP OF MS EMPLOYER AND ACCIDENT INSURANCE COMPANY CARRIER MWCC No. 1908094-R-0431 Mississippi Workers Compensation Decisions Mississippi Workers Compensation Commission March 3, 2020           APPEARING FOR CLAIMANT: Lindsay Varnadoe, Esquire.           APPEARING FOR EMPLOYER/CARRIER: Denise M. Ledet, Esquire.          ORDER ON MOTION           DENEISE TURNER LOTT, ADMINISTRATIVE JUDGE.          This matter comes before the Commission on a telephonic hearing with all counsel on March 2, 2020, on Claimant's Motion to Compel Independent Medical Treatment filed on February 12, 2020 and on Employer/Carrier's Response to Claimant's Motion to Compel Independent Medical Treatment filed on February 24, 2020.          I.          The following facts were gleaned from those documents in the Commission file which comprise the record per Mississippi Workers' Compensation Commission Rule 2.10 and from the representations of counsel during the motion hearing:

1. Claimant was hired as a temporary employee by Dependable Source Corp., a company that provides employers with temporary workers. On August 6, 2019, Claimant was assigned to work for Brandon Company. His work duties that day required him to drive a forklift from a loading dock into the trailer of an 18-wheeler. After driving the forklift into the trailer, the trailer pulled forward slightly, causing the forklift to roll backwards and become lodged in a gap or space between the trailer and the loading dock. Claimant remained in the forklift throughout this incident. He was helped out of the forklift while it was in the "lodged position" by a fellow worker.

2. Claimant did not request medical treatment after the incident.

3. However, since August 6,2019, he alleges he has developed neck pain and requests medical treatment.

4. Employer admits the accident but disputes the occurrence of an injury or impairment of any kind resulting from the accident. It states Claimant continued to work without complaint until August 23, 2019 when his employment ended because the site employer, Brandon Company, had no more work

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