Wells v. Fox Ridge Mining Co.

MOREMEN, Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the Bell Circuit Court in which an award of the Workmen’s Compensation Board was affirmed.

Appellant, Gill G. Wells, while employed by the appellee, Fox Ridge Mining Company, was injured on June 17, 1946. His chest was crushed, several ribs were broken, and both clavicles were fractured. The left clavicle did not heal and, in the fall, an attempt was made by surgery to unite the divided segments. It was not successful and there is now no union at the point of severance.

At the time of the accident, appellant was a track layer in the mine, a…