Joebon v. Reitz Coal Company

Per Curiam,

The claimant’s husband, a miner in the employ of the defendant coal company, died on January 24,1934 from a ruptured aneurysm of the aorta. On the morning of December 22, 1933, while he was pushing a loaded car of coal down grade to the heading, the brakes slipped, and as he ran alongside the car, he bumped against a prop and was knocked down. After a fifteen minute rest he resumed work and continued working for the rest of the day. The mines were closed the next four days because of the Christmas holidays. He resumed work on the reopening of the mines on December 27, and worked…