Woods v. Department of Labor & Industries

Dawson, J. †

On September 3, 1958, appellant John E. Woods, a 64-year-old man, suffered a coronary occlusion while engaged in peeling a large cedar tree. He was employed, and had been for 3 years, by J. R. Keaton in a two, and sometimes three-man operation. He was engaged primarily as a donkey engine operator. However, he also trimmed trees, measured pulpwood, and, on occasion, “peeled” or “barked” cedar logs, a necessary process in building a pole.

His claim for benefits under the Workmen’s Compensation Act was rejected on December 3, 1958, by the supervisor, upon the ground that claimant had…