Heavy-Equipment Operator Gets PPD Award for Hearing Loss From Employer of 2 Months

The Kentucky Court of Appeals ruled that a heavy-equipment operator was entitled to an award of permanent partial disability benefits for hearing loss from his employer of fewer than two months. Case: D&L Mining v. Hensley, No. 2016-CA-001166-WC, 03/30/2018, published. Facts: Jimmy Hensley spent 32 years working as a heavy equipment operator. Throughout that time, he was repeatedly exposed to hazardous noise levels and eventually developed hearing loss. In 2013, Hensley underwent an audiogram in anticipation of filing a hearing loss workers' compensation claim against a former ...