Carvalho v. Decorative Fabrics Co.

This is an employee’s original petition for compensation under the Workmen’s Compensation Act. The trial commissioner denied and dismissed the petition and this action was affirmed by the full commission. The case is before us on appeal from the decree entered denying and dismissing the employee’s petition.

The petitioner worked in respondent’s factory as a "flock-boy.” His duties consisted of handling and working with yarn. At the end of a work shift it was customary for fellow employees to assist each other in removing the lint and yarn which accumulated on their clothing by use of an…