Leroy v. State Compensation Commissioner

Maxwell, Judge:

Claimant was denied compensation because the commissioner was of opinion that his injury was not received in the course of and resulting from his employment. This appeal followed.

Claimant contends that he received an injury to his right eye while-working as a coal loader in a mine of the Consolidation Coal Company in Harrison County in the forenoon of July 31, 1931. He stated that in endeavoring to place a large lump of coal on the top of an already well loaded steel mine car, a particle of coal struck him in the eye, causing the injury complained of. He worked until quitting…