Field v. Industrial Commission

LA PRADE, Justice.

This appeal is before us on certiorari from an award of the Industrial Commission finding that the average monthly wage of the petitioner at the time he was injured (for the purpose of computing compensation payable to him) was $160.16 per month.

Petitioner, at the time of his injury, was employed by the respondent power company at the hourly rate of $2.00 an hour 8 hours a day 22 days a month with extra pay for overtime. At the time of his injury, petitioner had been employed 51 days. His first labors were devoted to maintenance construction. Some time later he was…