Standard Oil Co. v. Industrial Accident Commission

One G. W. Winnes, who was employed by petitioner as a well-puller, was injured September 23, 1928. He was riding on a truck which was approaching one of petitioner’s oil rigs; the front wheels of the truck struck a rut, causing it to “shimmy”, whereupon the driver suddenly swerved the truck and applied the brakes, causing Winnes (hereafter referred to as applicant) to fall off the truck and to strike his head on a “walking beam” or timber. Upon examination of his injuries, applicant was found to have sustained a fractured skull, a fractured right shoulder, fractured metatarsal bone of the…