Opinion ID: 769567
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Heading: Randall Boersig's Physical Disabilities and Related Work Restrictions

Text: 3 Boersig, a forty-three year old white male, began working for Union Electric in 1986 as an automotive mechanic helper. He remained in that position until approximately November 1989, at which time he joined Union Electric's Meter Testing and Installation Department (Meter Division) as a Meter and Installation Helper (Helper). The Helper job is an entry-level position, and Helpers are the lowest paid workers in the Meter Division. Understandably, after working for approximately one decade as a Helper, Boersig wanted to move into other higher paying positions within the Meter Division. 4 Since the mid-1980s, Boersig has been involved in a series of automobile and workplace accidents which have left him with physical impairments affecting both his knees, both his wrists, his right hip and his left shoulder. He has undergone multiple surgeries to these parts of his body. Boersig's physical impairments culminated in permanent medical restrictions forbidding the following conduct: 1) kneeling, 2) squatting, and 3) lifting over twenty-five pounds. In addition to these permanent medical restrictions, the record reveals that Boersig has claimed difficulty climbing ladders and handling tools. Notwithstanding these medical restrictions, Boersig is able to perform the Helper job functions with accommodations provided by Union Electric. He uses a stool or sits on the floor to avoid kneeling and squatting, and Union Electric reassigns tasks involving heavy lifting to Boersig's co-workers.