Bepler v. State Workmen's Insurance Fund

Opinion by

Hirt, J.,

Decedent, forty-six years of age, was an oil field driller, rig builder and tool dresser. On the day of his death he was working for defendant, Boyd & Company, under the direction of another employe. They were pulling rods from an oil well. The rods were attached to one end of the walking beam of the rig and they were attempting to connect the movable arm, “the pitman,” at the other end of the beam with a wrist pin on the crank so that power from a gas engine could be applied to draw the rods. They were out of doors and the temperature was below zero; the work was arduous…