Commission of Finance v. Industrial Commission

LATIMER, Justice.

On February 3, 1947, applicant, Albert M. Frazier, sustained an accidental injury while working at the State Fair Grounds in Salt Lake City, Utah. At the time of the injury he was working on a scaffold and was assisting in tearing down a partition in one of the buildings. While in the act of prying a board loose, he slipped and fell some seven feet, falling onto a stove and injuring his leg.

Applicant filed an application for compensation and medical expenses with the Industrial Commission, and after a hearing the commission held him to be an employee of the Utah State Fair…