Harris v. State Compensation Commissioner

Riley, President:

Kingston-Pocahontas Coal Company appeals from the order of the Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board, affirming an order of the Workmen’s Compensation Commissioner which awarded James F. Harris thirty-three per cent permanent partial disability for total loss of vision of the right eye.

On August 9, 1938, claimant was injured at the Hemp-hill mine of Kingston-Pocahontas Coal Company as a result of having been struck in the right eye by a piece of slate. He was admitted to Grace Hospital at Welch on August 10, 1938, discharged therefrom on August 16 following, and readmitted on…