Austin Drilling Co. v. Rice

ROMANG, Judge:

Claimant, Blaine E. Rice, was a member of a drilling crew working on an oil drilling rig owned and operated by the Austin Drilling Company, hereinafter Austin.

Claimant was paid $6.40 per hour as wages and $11.00 per day as travel pay. He lived between 40 and 50 miles from the drilling site.

As was his custom, claimant drove his own car to and from work. On the date of injury, February 26, 1979, claimant was driving to work on a public road when he had an automobile accident and therein sustained personal injuries on which his claim for compensation is based. The nature and extent…