Hercules Powder Co. v. Industrial Accident Commission

The petitioner, as employer and its own insurance carrier, has applied for a writ of review to have annulled an award made by the Industrial Accident Commission in- favor of Charles H. Neyman. In its points and authorities it claims that the respondent Commission exceeded its powers in making several different findings.

The facts out of which the controversy arose are comparatively brief. The claimant, Charles H. Neyman, is by occupation an electrical engineer. Within a few years prior to October 10, 1931, he applied to the Pacific Gas and Electric Company for employment. Before employing him he was required to undergo a medical examination. A little later he applied to the Ford Motor Company for employment. It also required him to undergo a physical examination. Still later he accepted employment with the Hercules Powder Company. He had been in their employ about a year. On October 10, 1931, while operating an electric drill, some of the dust made by the drill while he was boring was blown into both eyes. The petitioner took him to the Richmond Hospital, where Dr. Hedges instilled four per cent cocaine in both eyes to enable him to remove the dust particles. On the next day,…