Silcox v. Industrial Commission

WOLFE, Justice.

Appeal from a decision of the Industrial Commission of Utah denying plaintiff’s claim for workmen’s compensation.

Plaintiff was employed as a mucker by the United States Smelting, Refining and Mining Company, defendant, in its mine at Lark, Utah. Defendant corporation is a self-insurer under the Workmen’s Compensation Act of Utah.

Plaintiff testified that' on November 25, 1940, he was helping a fellow worker lift a 225 pound leyner machine upon the leyner bar preparatory to drilling when he felt a sharp pain in his back at his sacro-iliac. The pain became so intense that he was…