Pace v. Louisville Crushed Stone Co.

EBLEN, Judge.

This is an appeal from the judgment of the Jefferson Circuit Court, which affirmed an order of the Workmen’s Compensation Board denying the appellant’s claim.

The appellant, 50 years of age, had been employed by appellee as an operator of a wagon drill for about 2 years and 4 months. The appellant drilled holes in the limestone rock inside underground rooms or caverns of large size for charges of explosives.

On or about September 5, 1956, while helping the moving of this drill, the appellant was struck in the chest by the steel tongue and began to suffer chest pains. He continued…