Cameo Cleaners; Tower Select Insurance Company Hilda Bonilla WORKERS’ COMPENSATION APPEALS BOARDSTATE OF CALIFORNIAHILDA BONILLA, Applicant,vs.CAMEO CLEANERS; TOWER SELECT INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant(s).Case No. ADJ7138792OPINION AND ORDER GRANTING RECONSIDERATION AND DECISION AFTER RECONSIDERATION Defendant seeks reconsideration of the December 10, 2010 Findings and Order issued by the workers’ compensation administrative law judge (WCJ). Therein, the WCJ found psychiatric injury arising out of and occurring in the course of employment (AOE/COE). Previously, the parties stipulated that applicant, while employed as a dry cleaner on October 14, 2010, sustained industrial injury to her left hand and claims to have sustained industrial injury to her skin, “psyche,” nerves, internal organs, and “sleep,” Defendant contends that the WCJ erred in finding industrial psychiatric injury arguing that applicant’s claim of psychiatric injury is barred by Labor Code1 section 3208.3(d) in that applicant was employed for less than 6 months and her injury was not a result of a sudden and extraordinary event. Applicant filed an Answer, and the WCJ issued a Report and Recommendation on Petition for Reconsideration (Report) recommending that we deny reconsideration. Based on our review of the record and for the reasons discussed below, we will grant reconsideration and reverse the WCJ to find that applicant’s psychiatric injury is barred by section 3208.3(d). 1 All further statutory references are to the Labor Code, unless otherwise noted. , RELEVANT FACTS This matter proceeded to trial on September 22, 2010. At that time, the parties stipulated that applicant sustained industrial injury to her left hand on October 14, 2010 while working as a dry cleaner and claims to have sustained industrial injury to her skin, “psyche,” nerves, internal organs, and “sleep.” As relevant here, the issues framed for trial included inj
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