Hisey v. State Industrial Accident Commission

Plaintiff sustained a personal injury by accident arising out of and in the course of his employment, by violent or external means, on September 17, 1936, while in the employ of the Carlton Manufacturing Company. Both said corporation and plaintiff were subject to the workmen’s compensation law. The accident occurred about as follows: While working as a boom man, cranking a stationary gas engine used in connection with a dragsaw in a sawmill operation, said engine backfired, causing the plaintiff to be thrown down on his knees, wrenching his back and spraining both sacroiliac joints.

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