Claimant testified that she was born on July 19, 1941 and was 65 years old. She had a ninth grade education and lived in Cameron, Missouri. She was hired by Employer on April 22, 2004. She was terminated by Employer in September or October 2004. She was paid on the first and 15th days each month. She worked in Employer's laundry second shift, from 3:00 p.m. until 11:30 p.m. Five employees worked on the day shift. When she was first hired, she had no helper. Later, Jackie Wheeler came. Claimant had a weekend off every other weekend.
Claimant said her work environment was pretty warm, and was warmer than $70^{\circ}$ at times. The laundry was located in the basement. It had washers, dryers, and hoppers. Claimant picked up, sorted, folded, and hung clothes. She cleaned halls and swept floors. She laundered all personals, linens, pads, sheets, blankets, personal clothing, mops, rags, travel bibs, sweat suits, and bed pads. She laundered sheets and diapers that were soiled with human feces. She rinsed out the diapers.
When Claimant was first hired, she picked up dirty linens from each unit and threw them down a chute. She took bags, sorted items, and put them in hoppers, weighed them, and put them in the washing machines. There were four wings in the building-A through D. Laundry was red bagged if it contained blood. Laundry was wheeled to a chute and dropped to the floor below.
Nurses threw laundry at the end of a shift if they had time. Claimant wore gloves when she picked up laundry. She put on a gown and a mask, and kept her gloves on when she worked downstairs. She opened the bags and put the contents in hoppers. If the clothing had feces, she rinsed it before she put it in the hopper. Items in the hoppers were then put into the washing machines. There were four washing machines. Some of the items handled had urine on them. Claimant perspired down her face during work. Perspiration sometimes got on her lips. She wore protective clothing while loading items into the washers. She did not wear a hair net. Carts were used to move items to the laundry. At the end of the shift, she swept and mopped bathrooms, the laundry room, and the sorting room. She wiped down the washers and hoppers with bleach and water. She wore her protective clothing when she did cleaning. She used one gown per shift. She wore disposable paper masks. She used latex gloves in the laundry. There were some fans in the sorting room and the drying room in the basement. It was very hot in those areas. The director of nursing brought in a large fan in August or September.
Claimant weighed laundry before putting it into the washer. S