Steel & Tube Co. of America v. Bukovac

Appeal from an award by the Industrial Board.

John Bukovae, upon whom appellees were dependent, was working for appellant on top of an empty tar tank, engaged in pulling buckets of residue from the bottom of the tank through a manhole, when he suddenly collapsed, was taken to the hospital of appellant’s plant and died in a few hours. Appellees’ theory is that the cause of the death was poisonous gas emanating from the residue in the tar tank. Appellant’s contention is that there is no evidence in the record from which the board could infer an industrial accident, contending that there was no…