United States Steel Corp. v. Draper

CROCKETT, Chief Justice:

Plaintiff United States Steel seeks reversal of an order of the Industrial Commission which awarded death benefits to the dependents of Paul C. Draper, based on the finding that his fatal heart attack was an accident which occurred in the course of his employment at the plaintiff’s Geneva Steel Plant.1

Mr. Draper was a “hot car” operator. The car is driven into position to receive molten coke from an oven, then transported to a quenching station. There, water is sprayed on to cool it. Then the car conveys the coke and dumps it, and repeats that process. At about 1:30…