Carter v. Hercules Powder Co.

Jake Preston Carter filed a claim for compensation with the Industrial Commission, alleging that he had suffered a total loss of vision in his right eye, due to an accident arising out of and in the course of his employment, while working for the Hercules Powder Company. Specifically, his claim was, that while about his employer’s business certain chemicals had “splashed” in his right eye, causing a catract to form thereon and resulting in the loss of vision in that eye. The hearing Commissioner found that, assuming that the chemical substance had actually gotten into the claimant’s eye (as…