Holland v. State Compensation Commissioner

Maxwell, Judge:

Claimant has been awarded an appeal from a finding of tbe State Compensation Commissioner denying bim compensation in addition to a very limited initial allowance.

Tbe record discloses that claimant sustained an injury to bis left eye while employed as a coal loader by tbe Houston Collieries Company in a mine néar Kimball, May 28, 1931. He was breaking slate preparatory to removing it from tbe floor of bis room, and as a result of a blow with a hammer, a particle flew, striking bim in tbe eye. He was examined by tbe company physician two days later and sent to tbe Stephens…