Claim of Volinsky v. Reliable Waste & Rag Co.

Claimant has been denied an award of compensation on the ground that no accident was established within the meaning and intent of the Workmen’s Compensation Law.

The main facts surrounding the occurrence which led to his disability were established beyond question. He was. employed as a rag sorter. On the day of the occurrence an official of his employer accidentally stepped into an opening in the floor through which bales of rags were hoisted and fell to the floor below. Claimant and another employee dashed to his assistance, and in doing so were required to descend a stairway at the bottom…