Opinion
March 10, 1943.
Appeal from State Industrial Board.
The employer was engaged in business as a general contractor. Claimant, a carpenter, while on the premises of the building operation conducted by his employer accidentally fell into a well hole and suffered injuries to his right arm, resulting in a ten per cent permanent loss of the use thereof. At the time of the accident the employee was receiving instructions from his employer and making written notes of such instructions in a note book. It appears that the employee could not have performed the required service for his employer unless he received such instructions and orders. The record indicates that the terms of hiring were consummated two days prior to the date of the accident. There is ample evidence to sustain the decision of the Board that the injuries arose out of and in the course of the employment, and the award should be affirmed. Award affirmed, with costs to the State Industrial Board. All concur.