William Simpson Construction Co. v. Industrial Accident Commission

Petition to review an award made by the Industrial Accident Commission against petitioners in favor of Carrie I. and Dorothy I. Tiefenbaeh on account of the death of Gus Tiefenbaeh, caused by injuries sustained by him while in the employ of the petitioner, the William Simpson Construction Company. The evidence before the Commission showed substantially the following state of facts: The deceased Tiefenbaeh was in the employ of said construction "company as a carpenter. On July 31, 1924, while in such employment and while working on a scaffold about twelve feet from the ground, he fell therefrom to the ground. He, died about one and one-half hours thereafter. The next day an autopsy was performed upon his body, and the doctors performing the autopsy found an extensive subdural hemorrhage covering the base and lateral surfaces of the brain, and a basal fracture running across the base of the middle fossa of the skull. There appears to be no doubt that this subdural hemorrhage was due to the basal fracture of the skull and that this fracture was occasioned by the fall of deceased from the scaffold to the ground. This fracture, with the consequent subdural hemorrhage, the doctors…