* This order and judgment is not binding precedent, e xcept under the

doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, and col lateral estoppel. The court generally disfavors the citation of orders and judg ments; nevertheless, an order and judgment may be cited under the terms and condi tions of 10th Cir. R. 36.3. 

## F I L E D United States Court of Appeals Tenth Circuit 

### NOV 22 1999 

### PATRICK FISHER Clerk UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE TENTH CIRCUIT
BENNY R. MARTIN,

Plaintiff-Appellant,

v. KENNETH S. APFEL, Commissioner, Social Security Administration,

Defendant-Appellee. No. 99-7033 (D.C. No. CV-98-252-S) (E.D. Okla.)

ORDER AND JUDGMENT *

Before ANDERSON , BARRETT , and BRISCOE , Circuit Judges.

After examining the briefs and appellate record, th is panel has determined unanimously to grant the parties’ request for a dec ision on the briefs without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(f); 10th Cir. R. 34.1(G). The case is therefore ordered submitted without oral argument.-2-

Benny R. Martin appeals the district court’s order affirming the Commissioner’s determination that he is not entitle d to disability insurance and supplemental security benefits. We affirm. In September 1988, claimant injured his back in an on-the-job accident. He was cleared to return to work a week after his a ccident, restricted only to using proper lifting techniques. Claimant did not return to work and sought treatment from a series of doctors for alleged painstemming from his back injury. In November 1990, claimant was again released to re turn to work, with the restriction that he not lift more than thirty pound s four times in one eight-hour shift or more than twenty-pounds twelve times in on e shift. Claimant did not return to work. One month later, he applied for so cial security benefits claiming he had been unable to work since September 1988 bec ause of back pain. On December 4, 1997, following a second administrat ive hearing, the Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) determined, at step five of the sequential analysis, see Williams v. Bowen , 844 F.2d 748, 750-52 (10th Cir. 1988), that while claimant could not return to any of his past relevant work, he had the residual functional capacity (RFC) to perform a narrowed range of light and sedentary work. Based on testimony from a vocation al expert, the ALJ concluded that claimant could perform other jobs that existedin significant numbers in the-3-

national economy. Thus, the ALJ found claimant was not disabled and not entitled to disability insurance benefits or supple mental security income benefits. The Appeals Counsel affirmed the ALJ’s decision, making it the Commissioner’s final decision. The district court adopted the findings and recommendation of the magistrate judge and affirmedthe Commissioner’s decision. We review the Commissioner’s decision to ascertain whether it is supported by substantial evidence in the record andwhether the Commissioner applied the correct legal standards. See Castellano v. Secretary of Health & Human Servs. , 26 F.3d 1027, 1028 (10th Cir. 1994). On appeal, claimant contends that the ALJ erred in failing to include a restriction regarding an alleged reaching limitatio n in his RFC determination and, therefore, failed to meet his step-five burden to s how that there are jobs claimant can perform. A consultative physician examined cla imant in February 1992, and completed an RFC assessment which indicated, among other things, that claimant could reach only infrequently. Although the ALJ di d not make a specific finding whether claimant’s RFC was limited by the need to r each only infrequently, that error, if any, is harmless in light of the VE’s unc ontroverted testimony that claimant could perform the job of surveillance moni tor with such a reaching restriction. The VE testified there are 1,000 such jobs in Oklahoma and 65,000 such jobs nationally. We have “never drawn a bright line establishing the number-4-

of jobs necessary to constitute a ‘significant numb er,’” leaving that decision to the ALJ’s “common sense in weighing the statutory l anguage as applied to a particular claimant’s factual situation.” Trimiar v. Sullivan , 966 F.2d 1326, 1330 (10th Cir. 1992) (quotation omitted). Claimant argues that the VE’s testimony that there are 1,000 surveillance system monitor jobs in Oklahoma is inaccurate. He challenges this testimony, asserting without any evidentiary support whatsoeve r, that “most” vocational experts testify that only 300 such jobs exist local ly. Claimant has not presented any evidentiary or legal basis to question the VE’s testimony. We find no reversible error in the ALJ’s determination that th ere are a significant number of jobs claimant could perform. The judgment of the United States District Court fo r the Eastern District of Oklahoma is AFFIRMED.

Entered for the Court

James E. Barrett Senior Circuit Judge