Cairns v. Sinclair Prairie Oil Marketing Co.

On October 9, 1939, petitioner filed his first notice of injury and claim for compensation in which he stated that he was employed as a boiler fireman for the Sinclair Prairie Oil Marketing Company in one of the lines and industries covered by the Workmen’s Compensation Law, section 13348, O. S. 1913, 85 Okla. St. Ann. § 1. This is not contested. He further alleged and sought to establish that on October 16, 1938, while so employed, he slipped and twisted his back and bruised his right knee, thereby sustaining an accidental injury within the meaning of the Workmen’s Compensation Law.

The State…