Determining whether an injury would apply to the work-related exception personal task and outside the assigned working hours

Scenario:

An employee experienced an injury when sharpening a personal pocket-knife while sitting in a company owned-truck parked in the employer’s parking lot. The employee lacerated the palm of his hand and was treated with seven sutures, and the employee returned to work immediately with no restrictions.  You state that because the employee was on his lunch break at the time of the injury, you believe the employee was present in the work environment as a member of the general public rather than as an employee. You also believe that the injury is solely the result of the employee doing personal tasks at the establishment outside of his assigned working hours.

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