Claim of Himes v. Tobin Packing Co.

Appeal by the self-insured employer from a decision of the Workmen’s Compensation Board, filed January 31, 1968, which awarded compensation to the claimant. The premises of the employer where the injury occurred are part of its slaughterhouse. The room in which he was working was cold and, therefore, claimant took a long-sleeved jacket from a hook in another room, intending to wear it. The jacket was very dirty and claimant proceeded to wash it in the “ belly machine ” and, while putting it through a wringer designed to squeeze foreign matter from pigs’ intestines, he was injured. Two…