Harrigan v. Western Coal & Mining Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Dawson, J.:

This is an appeal from an award of compensation to a workman who sustained injuries in his employer’s coal mine, resulting in the loss of one eye and an almost total and permanent disability of the other.

The pertinent facts were these: On January 20, 1928, the appellee, Hugh Harrigan, and a fellow workman were operating a pump *574in the coal mine of the Western Coal and Mining Company in Cherokee county. The mine water was red and stagnant and charged with foul elements injurious to the eyes. The pump was not functioning properly and Harrigan…