Hornbrook-Price Co. v. Stewart
Indiana Court of Appeals
From the Industrial Board of Indiana. Proceedings for compensation under the Workmen’s Compensation Act by John M. Stewart against the Hornbrook-Price Company. From an award for’ applicant, the defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtDausmaw, J.
— In June, 1916, appellee was, and for a long time prior thereto had been, a workman in appellant’s factory. In the latter part of said month —the precise day appellee is unable to state — he was engaged in cutting heavy sheet steel with hand shears. The work required severe physical exertion. In order to feed the steel into the shears while cutting he was required to press his abdomen against it with great force. While thus pressing the weight of *402his body against the metal and pulling down on the handle ;or lever of the shears, being in a condition of intense muscular strain, he “felt…
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