Worker With Electrical Burns, Amputated Toe Gets 37% PPD Award

West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld a 37% permanent partial disability award for a worker’s electric shock injuries resulting in burns to roughly 3.5% of his body and the amputation of his big toe. Case: Superior Home Specialists v. Sindledecker, No. 25-ICA-371, 04/07/2026, published. Facts: Michael Sindledecker worked for Superior Home Specialists. He suffered an electric shock injury on June 6, 2022, while holding on to a gutter that touched a power line. On June 13, 2022, Dr. Carrie Sims performed excision of the burns and preparation of the wound beds o...