Wacho Manufacturing Co. v. Industrial Commission

Paul Ziemer became an employee of the Wacho Manufacturing Company in August, 1932. He was a sheet-metal worker and the discharge of his duties required the use of gasoline torches. On May 6, 1933, he was using a leaky torch which sprayed gasoline over his clothing. The gasoline ignited, and he was seriously burned. A hearing was held on October 26, 1934, at which time the medical testimony was to the effect that Ziemer was forty per cent permanently disabled. On February 19, 1935, an examiner made an award based on a finding of forty per cent of permanent total disability. On March 4, 1935,…