Diaz's Case

The employee was standing in a freight elevator and carrying a hod of bricks on his shoulder, when the elevator suddenly dropped a distance of five stories. He was much .bruised in his chest, back and side, and was taken to a hospital for treatment.

The Industrial Accident Board, after a hearing, affirmed and adopted the findings of the committee of arbitration, and found that the employee was incapacitated for work from March 10, 1913, the date of the accident, to May 22, 1913, in consequence of his physical injuries and the nervous shock and disturbance; that he was entitled to medical and…