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The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board granted reconsideration to clarify an industrial injury finding. The Board affirmed a judge's award of $79%$ permanent disability for an applicant who lost fingers in a punch press. The judge correctly determined the applicant's psychiatric injury qualified for compensation under the "violent act" exception to Labor Code section 4660.1(c)(1), finding the severe amputation constituted such an event. The Board amended the award to explicitly state the applicant sustained a psyche injury arising out of and occurring in the course of employment.
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The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board granted reconsideration to clarify an industrial injury finding. The Board affirmed a judge's award of $79%$ permanent disability for an applicant who lost fingers in a punch press. The judge correctly determined the applicant's psychiatric injury qualified for compensation under the "violent act" exception to Labor Code section 4660.1(c)(1), finding the severe amputation constituted such an event. The Board amended the award to explicitly state the applicant sustained a psyche injury arising out of and occurring in the course of employment.
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