Ayer & Lord Tie Co. v. Industrial Commission

Henry Collins, a negro, forty-two years old, while at work for the Ayer & Lord Tie Company, in whose employ he had been for thirteen years, was injured on April 20, 1925, while carrying a heavy tie weighing several hundred pounds, through his foot slipping, causing him to drop the tie. He claimed that an injury resulted to his entrails, rendering him unable to work, and he applied to the Industrial Commission for an award under the Workmen’s Compensation act. An arbitrator allowed him an award of $15.74 a week for .27-2/7 weeks of temporary total disability and $7.87 a week for 388-4/7 weeks…