The board has found that claimant injured her right ankle on October 16, 1979 when she stepped into a hole in the company parking lot, but that she did not give notice to her employer until November 26, 1979 after she had received medical treatment for the first time. Failure to comply with the 30-day written notice of accident requirement (Workers' Compensation Law, § 18) was excused on the ground that she notified her employer as soon as she had knowledge of the nature...
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