Floyd v. Paulton Coal Mining Co.

Opinion by

Keller, J.,

This is a Workmen’s Compensation case. Claimant’s husband, Harry Floyd, was fire boss in defendant’s mine. He was killed by an explosion while examining the mine for gas early in the morning before the miners entered for ithe day’s work. The only question is whether the explosion resulted from Floyd’s violation of the Act of Assembly of June 9, 1911, P. L. 756, as amended by the Act of June 1, 1915, P. L. 716, which provides that in making the examination the fire boss shall use no light other than that enclosed in an improved safety lamp, and that any fire boss who…