Brown v. Industrial Commission

This appeal involves a claim under the Workmen’s Compensation Act. (Ill.Rev.Stat. 1967, ch. 48, par. 138.1 et seq.) The arbitrator denied petitioner’s claim for compensation. The Industrial Commission affirmed the decision of the arbitrator and the circuit court of Lake County confirmed the decision of the Industrial Commission. This appeal follows.

The petitioner was employed by the respondent, Johns-Manville Products Corp., for 19 years. The last three years he worked handling heavy items described as “brake blocks,” loading them on handtrucks and pulling them to other parts of the plant. He…