Kolflat v. NORTHERN ORDNANCE COMPANY

Frank T. Gallagher, C.

Certiorari to review a decision of the Industrial Commission denying petitioner’s claim for compensation.

The petitioner’s deceased husband, Adolph Kolflat, the employee, was a radial drill operator and machinist at Northern Ordnance Company. His work at employer’s plant required him to drill holes of varying sizes in metal objects. The actual drilling of the holes was done by the radial drill, but the decedent was required to spot this drill over the part to be drilled and to locate the jig that guides the drill during this operation. The jigs which guided the drill…