Kilgore v. State Workmen's Insurance Fund

Opinion by

Keller, P. J.,

Leonard Kilgore, a miner employed by James Coal Mining Company, while in the course of his employment, was badly hurt on September 3, 1929 by the explosion of his employer’s powder magazine. A companion, who was with him, was killed and Kilgore was severely burned about the back, buttock, hands, forearms, face, head and neck. Some were third degree burns and some second degree (p. 36a). His eyelashes and eyebrows were burnt off and the burns extended into the ear canals.

A compensation agreement was entered into, under which compensation for total disability at the rate…