Russell v. State Accident Insurance Fund

In this workmen’s compensation case a hearings referee granted claimant 15 degrees permanent partial disability for 15 percent loss of use of his left eye; the Workmen’s Compensation Board (Board) reversed and granted no permanent disability and the circuit court reversed the Board and granted 35 percent (112 degrees) permanent partial disability for an unscheduled injury. The State Accident Insurance Fund (SAIF) appeals.

Claimant is a machinist and was injured while running a shaper. A tool he was using to cut a groove in a small block broke, flew off and shattered his safety glasses, causing…