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The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board (WCAB) granted reconsideration to reverse a prior finding of industrial psychiatric injury. The WCAB found the applicant's psychiatric injury claim barred by Labor Code section 3208.3(d) because she was employed for less than six months. The Board determined the incident, where an ironing press lowered on the applicant's hand, was not a "sudden and extraordinary employment condition" as required to overcome the six-month rule. This conclusion was based on evidence that burns at a dry cleaner are common and that the machine operated with a single button, increasing the risk of such an injury.
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The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board (WCAB) granted reconsideration to reverse a prior finding of industrial psychiatric injury. The WCAB found the applicant's psychiatric injury claim barred by Labor Code section 3208.3(d) because she was employed for less than six months. The Board determined the incident, where an ironing press lowered on the applicant's hand, was not a "sudden and extraordinary employment condition" as required to overcome the six-month rule. This conclusion was based on evidence that burns at a dry cleaner are common and that the machine operated with a single button, increasing the risk of such an injury.
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