Jenkins v. Industrial Commission

PHELPS, Chief Justice.

On May 9, 1951, petitioner was employed by Firestone Tire & Rubber Company in Tucson. While handling an automobile battery on that date it exploded causing petitioner to suddenly jerk his head back from the explosion. He threw his hands up pressing them against his glasses, bending the frames. Some acid was thrown in his face but no injury was caused thereby. No solid particles struck him. There were no immediate symptoms as a result of the accident. Two weeks later petitioner noticed flashes or streaks of light in the left half of the visual field of the right eye along…