No Psyche Benefits for Worker Injured When Construction Equipment Overturned

A California appellate court ruled that a construction worker was not entitled to benefits for a psychiatric injury from an accident where his compacter overturned. Case: State Compensation Fund v. WCAB (Guzman), No. H044300, 01/30/2018, unpublished. Facts: Jose Guzman worked for Carmel Valley Construction as a laborer. While he was using a compacter to pack dirt around a pipe that had been laid into a hillside, the machine hit a rock. The compactor rose in the air and caused Guzman to fall backwards. The compactor fell on top of him. Guzman had approximately 12 years of experience using c...