Southern Mining Co. v. Cornelius

Opinion of the Court by

Morris, Commissioner

Reversing.

Appellee, about 44 years of age, on tbe 16tb day of December, 1937, was engaged in digging and loading coal in appellant’s mine, when he claims he received injuries which totally incapacitated him for manual labor. While he was at work at a distant point, a large piece of rock or slate fell from the mine roof onto the entry track. In order to relieve this situation, the track foreman adopted what is known as the “dobey” method, described as placing sticks of dynamite on top of the rock, covering the charge with muck, placing thereon rocks…