McCoy v. Easley Cotton Mills

Oxntr, Justice.

This is a case under the Workmen’s Compensation Act, Code 1942, § 7035-1 et seq. Claimant, Broadus McCoy, was employed at the Easley plant of the Woodside Mills, a self- insurer. About 6:30 P. M. on April 7, 1949, while smoking in the yard of the mill, he was unintentionally struck in the left eye with a copper tube by a fellow employee. He lost the sight of this eye, which was later removed and an artificial eye inserted.

A claim for compensation was denied by the hearing Commissioner upon the ground that the accident did not arise out of and in the course of claimant’s…