Kelly v. C.M.I. Refrigeration Co.

Relators seek review of a decision of the Workmen’s Compensation Commission awarding employee benefits for temporary total disability and for the permanent and total loss of vision of his left eye. The only question raised on appeal is the sufficiency of the evidence supporting the commission’s finding of a causal relationship between employee’s loss of vision and an accident at work.

On August 16, 1972, while repairing a used icemaker, employee was hit on the left side of his face by a pressurized spray of freon, oil, and contaminants from a ruptured piece of tubing. He felt an immediate…