Austin v. Red Wing Sewer Pipe Co.

Certiorari to the Industrial Commission. Plaintiff, the employe, while unloading coal from a steel constructed gondola coal car, undertook to throw out of the car a piece of soft coal weighing three or four pounds. It struck the side of the top of the car and fell back striking him on the cheek, knocking him down. The employe suffered a wound or cut which bled profusely. He washed and bandaged it, and it has ever since been the subject of bandage and care. The injury was known to the employer, it was not of a disabling character and the employe worked practically all the time for about a year…