Missouri Laws 287.195 – Claims for hernia, proof required
Current as of: 2023 | Check for updates
|
Other versions
In all claims for compensation for hernia resulting from injury arising out of and in the course of the employment, it must be definitely proved to the satisfaction of the division or the commission:
(1) That there was an accident or unusual strain resulting in hernia;
Terms Used In Missouri Laws 287.195
- accident: as used in this chapter shall mean an unexpected traumatic event or unusual strain identifiable by time and place of occurrence and producing at the time objective symptoms of an injury caused by a specific event during a single work shift. See Missouri Laws 287.020
- division: as used in this chapter means the division of workers' compensation of the department of labor and industrial relations of the state of Missouri. See Missouri Laws 287.020
(2) That the hernia did not exist prior to the accident or unusual strain resulting in the injury for which compensation is claimed.