Claim of Franck v. Allen

Appeal by an employer and insurance carrier from an award in claimant’s *961favor. Claimant was employed as a farm hand. On April 9, 1942, he was sweeping up the floor of the cow barn. He noticed an oblong shell-like object on the floor of the barn and he picked it up. It proved to be a dynamite cap. He attempted to remove the powder by knocking the shell but did not succeed. He then picked up a nail from a window sill, inserted it in the- cap with the result that the powder exploded and claimant suffered injuries. The board found that claimant’s injuries arose out of and in the course of his…