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VakO 19.6.1984/1990:83 AI generated

Insurance court allowed compensation for aggravated hernia caused by industrial accident lifting heavy tank.

Case Number VakO 19.6.1984/1990:83
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Jurisdiction Finland (FI)
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Outcome Allowed / Granted
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The Insurance Court of Finland modified the Accident Board's decision to award compensation for a hernia aggravated by an industrial accident. The insured lifted a 400-500 kg tank, resulting in a back injury that worsened a pre-existing hernia and caused a disc herniation requiring surgery. The court ruled that the accident sufficiently aggravated the pre-existing condition to justify compensation under the liability rules.

Legislator headnote

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Insurance Act s. 10; Accident Board Act s. 10: An industrial accident aggravating a pre-existing medical condition constitutes a compensable injury if the accident was the decisive cause of the new symptoms requiring treatment.

Keywords

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industrial accident compensation pre-existing condition aggravation hernia liability heavy lifting injury Insurance Act liability

Cited Legislation

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Insurance Act s. 10
Accident Board Act s. 10
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Insurance court dismissed claim for work injury compensation due to lack of direct causal link between accident and specific medical findings.
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Supreme Court held that a finger joint injury from an accident qualifies as a work-related accident consequence.
kko-precedent_2007_60
Supreme Court allows compensation for chronic neck pain aggravated by accident despite pre-existing degeneration.
insurance_1979_1652-1979
Insurance court dismissed claim for aggravated degenerative disease damages where pre-existing condition was not caused by accident.
kko-other_1996_674
Workplace injury claim dismissed because employee's fall was caused by his own negligence, not employer fault.

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Hitsaaja oli kääntänyt 400 500 kilon painoista säiliötä, jolloin vasemman käden ote oli irronnut ja säiliö oli heilahtanut toisen käden varaan. Samalla selkä oli vääntynyt sivusuuntaan. Tutkimuksessa todettiin lannerankarappeumaa ja ristiluun yläpuolisen nikamaväliruston esiinluiskahdus, minkä vuoksi kuuden viikon kuluttua suoritettiin leikkaus. Tapaturman katsottiin pahentaneen lannerankarappeumaa siinä määrin, että se oli aiheuttanut ristiluun yläpuolisen nikamaväliruston esiinluiskahduksen iskiasoireineen, josta määrättiin suoritettavaksi korvausta. Tapaturmalautakunnan päätöstä muutettiin. IV-jaosto