Query v. Allegheny Pittsburgh Coal Co.

Opinion by

Rhodes, J.,

In this workmen’s compensation case the referee made an award for total disability which was affirmed by the Workmen’s Compensation Board and the court below. Judgment was entered accordingly, and defendant employer has appealed.

Claimant had been employed by appellant since February 15, 1928, as a car repairman, but on October 6, 1936, he was directed to assist in unloading steel rails from a railroad car. He had done such work before. The rails were being unloaded from a flat car with sides about 4% feet high. The length of the rails varied from 12 to 16 feet, and their…