Soucy v. Fraser Paper, Limited

WEATHERBEE, Justice.

On July 22, 1967 the Petitioner, then a man of 55 years, while employed by Fraser Paper, Limited as a paper machine operator in its Madawaska mill sustained a personal injury by accident arising out of and in the course of his employment. While running to assist one of his helpers coping with an emergency regarding a machine he stepped into a puddle of coating which had leaked onto the floor. His feet flew up into the air and he landed on the cement floor on his right hip, shoulder and the back of his head. He was dazed and suffered pain in the right side of his shoulders,…