Claim of Clyde v. City of New York

Claimant was employed as a ledger clerk in the department of purchase of the city of New York. Her work involved the entry of orders and making records of payments for purchases by various departments of the city government. In her office in the Municipal Building, and in the course of her employment, she slipped and fell on the floor and sustained a fractured hip and wrist.

After a hearing on her claim for workmen’s compensation benefits, the referee found that she was employed in an occupation incidental to a hazardous employment and that she came within the provisions of the Workmen’s…