Poole v. Insurance Company of North America

Birdsong, Judge.

This is a workmen’s compensation case in which the claimant was denied compensation by the administrative law judge. The appellant was employed as a lens grinder with the employer, C/R Optimax-U. S. Industries, Inc. in Clayton County. His job required the application of extreme pressure against the grindstone with the edge of the lens, this pressure being applied by using his hands to press the lens against the stone. While exerting heavy pressure on the lens, the lens slipped out of his grasp; he lost his balance, and was thrown forward. In order to keep from falling against…