This appeal arises pursuant to the Texas Workers’ Compensation Act, TEX. LAB. CODE ANN. § 401.001 et seq. (1989 Act). On October 31, 2000, a hearing was held. The hearing officer resolved the disputed issue by deciding that the appellant (claimant) did not sustain a compensable injury in the form of left carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) on _________; that the respondent (carrier) is relieved of liability under Section 409.002 because the claimant failed to timely notify her employer of her claimed injury under Section 409.001; and that the claimant has not had disability. The claimant appealed. The carrier responded.
DECISION
The hearing officer’s decision is affirmed.
The claimant began working for the employer in June 1999. She contended that her left CTS resulted from her work activities of inserting pages into books, lifting, carrying, and packing. She contended that the date of injury for her claimed repetitive trauma injury was _________, and testified that she reported her injury to her supervisor on that day and again on March 13, 2000. The claimant’s supervisor testified that the claimant did not report a work injury to her. Medical reports are in evidence.
There is conflicting evidence in this case. The hearing officer is the sole judge of the weight and credibility of the evidence. Section 410.165(a). As the trier of fact, the hearing officer resolves the conflicts in the evidence. The claimant appeals the hearing officer’s determinations that the claimant did not sustain a compensable injury in the form of left CTS, that the claimant did not timely report her injury to her employer within 30 days of the date of injury and did not have good cause for failing to timely report the injury, and that the claimant has not had disability because she did not sustain a compensable injury. We conclude that the hearing officer’s determinations on the appealed issues are supported by sufficient evidence and that they are not so against the great weight and preponderance of the evidence as to be clearly wrong and unjust. Cain v. Bain, 709 S.W.2d 175 (Tex. 1986).
The hearing officer’s decision and order are affirmed.
Robert Potts – Appeals Judge
CONCUR:
Kenneth A. Huchton – Appeals Judge
Judy L. Stephens – Appeals Judge