Clemmons v. Securitas cervical Degenerative Disc Disease Raleigh Workers Compensation benefits lawyer Edelstein Payne job accident attorney back pain
www.edelsteinpayne.com Clemmons v. Securitas, 645 S.E.2d 229 (2007) Workers' Compensation Case recognizing that a spinal column injury and problem experienced by a security guard at a nuclear plant was caused by the carrying of substantial additional equipment about his upper body, and that those problems constituted an occupational disease. Plaintiff was employed by Securitas, Inc. as a lieutenant guard at the Brunswick Nuclear Plant. Plaintiff worked twelve-hour shifts, working three straight days with three days off. However, during 2002 and 2003, because of a shortage of staff, plaintiff worked extra shifts, often working six twelve-hour shifts in a row. Following the terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001, the equipment security guards at the nuclear power plant had to carry increased significantly, weighing a total of forty pounds. This equipment was worn at almost all times plaintiff was at work. In 2003, plaintiff began experiencing tingling in his ...