Harlan-Wallins Coal Corp. v. Foster

WADDILL, Commissioner.

The appellee, George Foster, an employee of the appellant, Harlan-Wallins Coal Company, suffered an injury when he fell on an icy road while en route from the coal mine to the mine office to return a lamp he had used on his shift in the mine. The company concedes that the accident occurred on its property and that it had furnished Foster a mining lamp before he entered the mine which he was required to return when he had completed his shift in the mine. The Workmen’s Compensation Board and the circuit court both held the injury compen-sable.

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