Kelly-Springfield Tire Co. v. Daniels

This is a proceeding under the Workmen’s Compensation Act, Code Supp. 1947, art. 101, sec. 1 et. seq., brought by Louis E. Daniels, age 49, to recover compensation for an injury which he sustained on March 17, 1950, while working at the plant of the Kelly-Springfield Tire Company in Cumberland.

Claimant was lifting an air bag and putting it on the hook of the machine for bagging tires. The base of the machine was about one foot above the floor, and in order to attach the bag to the hook it was necessary to stoop and reach between two discs under the machine. While claimant was stooping, he…