Aetna Casualty & Surety Co. v. Nix

Quillian, Judge.

July 15, 1968, Fannie Lou Nix, the claimant in a workmen’s compensation case, was employed by Owens-Illinois, Inc., working on machines which set up cartons for packing articles manufactured in the plant. According to the claimant’s testimony a carton became jammed on the conveyer belt running from her machines which ran up toward the ceiling of the work area and the claimant climbed upon a pallet with a pole to jar the carton loose. The height required that the claimant jump up and down in an attempt to reach the carton and while doing so the pole became caught jerking the…