The Second District of the Appellate Court of Illinois, Workers Compensation Commission Division, held that a certain percentage of an employee's work day does not need to be spent engaged in a certain activity to prove repetitive trauma.
In Edward Hines Precision Components v. The Industrial Commission, No. 2--04--0608WC, 03/24/2005, Matthew Dearing filed an application for adjustment of claim, alleging that his upper extremities were injured due to repetitive trauma. Dearing's job duties required him to drive an 18-wheel truck 200 miles a day. Several times a day, Dearing had to adjust ...
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