Rumsey v. Cardinal Petroleum

MR. JUSTICE JOHN C. HARRISON

delivered the Opinion of the Court.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the district court, Yellowstone County, which reversed an order of the Workmen’s Compensation Division and held in favor of the claimant, Cecil J. Rumsey.

On January 10, 1970, Cecil Rumsey, an employee of Cardinal Petroleum Company, suffered an injury while working as a “roughneck” on an oil well. The accident occurred when a driller started a winch while claimant was attempting to connect *19a set of tongs to the drillstem of an oil well. Claimant was jerked across the platform of the oil rig and…