United Utilities & Specialties Corp. v. Industrial Commission

Opinion by

Mr. Justice McWilliams.

This is a workmen’s compensation case and the interested parties will be referred to herein as follows: David L. Hayes, as the employe; United Utilities and Specialties Corporation as the employer; Maryland Casualty Company as the carrier; and the Industrial Commission of Colorado as the Commission.

The employe, a six foot, three inch, fifteen year old boy, fell off an eight-foot stepladder while stacking empty boxes on a shelf for his employer. Just before his fall, the employe was standing on the very top of the ladder, with his head therefore some fourteen…