This appeal arises pursuant to the Texas Workers’ Compensation Act, TEX. LAB. CODE ANN. § 401.001 et seq. (1989 Act). On January 19, 2001, a hearing was held. The hearing officer resolved the disputed issues by deciding that the appellant (claimant) did not sustain a compensable injury on ________ and that the claimant has not had disability. The claimant appealed and the respondent (carrier) responded.
DECISION
The hearing officer’s decision is affirmed.
The claimant testified that she injured her back and neck at work on ________ while lifting, moving, and storing boxes of copier paper and that she immediately reported her injury to her supervisor. The claimant’s supervisor testified that the claimant told him on September 13, 2000, that she did not know how she had hurt her back. The claimant’s treating doctor testified that the claimant’s injuries are consistent with her work activities of lifting boxes of copier paper. Numerous medical reports and diagnostic studies were in evidence. Conflicting evidence was presented at the hearing. 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 and determines what facts have been established. The hearing officer’s decision that the claimant did not sustain a compensable injury is supported by sufficient evidence and is not so against the great weight and preponderance of the evidence as to be clearly wrong and unjust. Without a compensable injury, the claimant would not have disability as defined by Section 401.011(16). The hearing officer did not err in sustaining the carrier’s objection to a question that asked the employer’s human resources manager how many job injuries the employer had experienced in the last one and one-half years.
The hearing officer’s decision and order are affirmed.
Robert W. Potts – Appeals Judge
CONCUR:
Judy L. S. Barnes – Appeals Judge
Gary L. Kilgore – Appeals Judge