Ingalls Shipbuilding Corp. v. Byrd

This is an appeal from an award of compensation with medical and hospital expenses under our Workmen’s Compensation Act. Pending the appeal, the former appellee died and the cause has been revived in the name of the widow and other heirs. The original claimant is herein for convenience referred to as the appellee. The shipbuilding company will be referred to as appellant.

Appellee was employed by appellant as a chipper, which involved chipping off the burrs or irregularities left in the process of welding. For this purpose, he was furnished with an electric chisel which worked automatically…