Kentucky Alma Coal Co. v. Kirk

VANCE, Commissioner.

This is an appeal from a judgment which affirmed an award of the Workmen’s Compensation Board for a period of temporary total disability and an additional award for 80% permanent partial disability.

The appellant injured his right hand and arm on January 12, 1968, while working in a coal mine. He was eighteen years old and a high school graduate at that time. His earnings were $75.00 per week.

The medical evidence indicates that the injury resulted in a thirty-five percent permanent functional disability. In terms of occupational disability the appellant’s doctor was of the…