Schumann v. Industrial Commission

This is an appeal from the circuit court of Cook County in proceedings to review orders of the Industrial Commission. (50 I11.2d R. 302(a).) The facts pertinent to the issues on appeal are undisputed. At a hearing before the arbitrator, claimant, George V. Schumann, testified that on February 6, 1968, he worked as a truck mechanic for John M. Coan, Inc. (hereinafter the employer). While moving a 600-pound sandblasting machine, he slipped on sand and the machine fell directly on top of him, between his legs and the soft part of the stomach and on his right hand. The employer’s…