Denver & R. G. W. R. v. Industrial Commission

On March 2, 1927, defendant Emanuel Sterzer was in the employment of the plaintiff, Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad Company, a self-insurer under the Utah Industrial Act (Comp. Laws 1917, §§ 3061-3165). The nature of Ster-zer’s employment was that of helper to a bolt machine operator and on the date mentioned, while in the course of such employment, he met with an accident by which the third, fourth, and fifth digits of his left hand and from one-fourth to one-third of the palmar surface thereof was removed. Sterzer was totally disabled until May 20, 1927, at which time he was pronounced…