Farmers Gin Co. v. Cooper

RILEY,, J.

Carl W. Cooper, while engaged in hazardous employment with the Farmers Gin Company, at Granite, on the 19th day of October, 1929, received an accidental personal injury to his eye, which injury was caused by a cotton “bur” striking him in the eye as he worked as a “gin section man.” Claimant lost only one-half day’s work as a result of that accident, and so the injury was not compensable in that it did not continue over the statutory waiting period. However, after returning to work, the eye continued to bother claimant, and Dr. Nunnery, who had administered treatment to claimant,…