Kerwin v. Susquehanna Collieries Co.

Opinion by

Keller, J.,

The appellant was a miner in the employ of the defendant company. He worked on the night shift, starting at 3:30 o’clock in the afternoon. On the afternoon of October 17, 1929, between one and two o’clock, he was hurt while on his way to, and about 300 feet distant from, the washhouse, where he intended to change from his street clothes to his mine clothes. The shaft where he was to work was 400 feet beyond the washhouse. He had been walking on a road passing through defendant’s property, and stepped off it to let an automobile pass, and fell, hurting his left side. He…