Hager v. State Compensation Commissioner

Hatcher, President .-

The claimant was employed in a mine of a subscriber to the Workmen’s Compensation Fund. The mine was on a hill and a hoist was operated by the employer to take the employees up and down the hill. On the occasion of claimant’s injury, his work was over for the day; he signalled for the hoist several times but the operator failed to respond; in such case it “was .up to the men to walk olí” or wait indefinitely on the hoist (according to the mine superintendent), so the claimant started down the hill on a path used regularly (“almost daily”) by the employees when the hoist…