Sparks v. Consolidated Indiana Coal Co.

The claim for award is made by the widow of the employee. The workman was a coal miner, 48 years of age, and had a wife and five children. On the day of the injury, he was working in the mine in the same room with kis son, 19 years of age. There was nothing ou^ ordinary in regard to his health and physical condition on the day of the injury. He had made no complaints. The decedent operated a drill by hand power. It consisted of a straight rod, with a crank on the side, which was turned by the operator. The decedent began work about 8 o’clock in the morning, and had worked about two hours…