Nelson v. Kentucky River Stone & Sand Co.

Opinion op the Court by

William. Rogers Clay, Commissioner

Reversing.

On October 4, 1916,,John T. Nelson was working for the Kentucky River Stone & Sand Company as foreman of a gang of men engaged in sledging rock. As he was passing one of the men engaged in that work, a small piece of rock struck him in the eye, causing him to lose the sight thereof and necessitating the removal of the eyeball and the use of a glass eye.

The company admitted that the accident arose out of and in the course of Nelson’s employment, and prior to the hearing before the Workmen’s ' Compensation Board offered to pay…