Bittman v. Boardman Co‪.‬

1 Alva C. Bittman, petitioner and claimant below, (claimant) was employed by an own risk carrier, The Boardman Co., respondent here and below. April 4, 1975, while on the job as a welder, he fell after "a more or less blackout." Claimants testimony as to incident contained conflicts. He testified of stooping over to mark off welding spaces. At that time, he was standing on a plate of steel that was supported by sawhorses or scaffolding about four feet off the floor. He had marked a large area that had taken about thirty minutes. He hopped off to begin welding from the floor and in an upright position. It was then, on hitting the floor, or after that when he was commencing to weld, that he seemingly passed out and fell.