Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-02-27
Peter kotsifax, Lewiston, Denied

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Peter kotsifax, Lewiston, Denied
The Industrial Accident Commission
has handed down a decision In the case
| of Peter Kotsifax of Lewiston. appll-
cant. VS.. Androscoggin Mills, employer.
and American Mutual Liability lnsur-
ance Co, insurer, denying the prayer
of the petitioner.
The petitioner was employed 70
clean and oil the looms in the respond
ents mills, using a hand brush and
waste to clean out all dirt from the
loom after the warp had been removed.
The work was very light and required
but little physical effort on the part or
the employee While engaged in clean
! ing a loom a fellow employee caused
same to be started and this petitioner
in some manner received laccration
of the palm OF the left hand.
The petitioner claims that disa-
bilitv resulted which continued for
period of four weeks and this conten-
ton is denied by the respondents. 1t
appears that some Is days following
the injury this employee went 70 Bid
deford for the purpose of attending a
wedding of some relative and to also
/ nave a SOOu llIlIC, CS lit Sl'tltd " ollS
of his fellow Workmen. The attending
physician states that the wound heal
ed and that the employee could have
returned to work on the 18th day fol-
lowing the INJURY
Says Chairman Eben F. Littlefeld Of
/ the commission in his decision: 1T is
/ quite apparent that a vacation on half
/ pay was contemplated by this en-
/ plcyee. but it is not the intent of the
Workmen's Compensation Act shat the
period Of disability shall be extended
that injured persons may attend we'd
ding ceremonies or visit relatives.
Alfred Either, Auburn. Granted
The commission contends that five
and one-half days, the actual time this
employer operates its mill or factory,
cannot be considered as six full work.
ing days, when in fact it operates 10 IL
hours for the first five days of the week
and ) 12 hours on the sixth day or
Saturday." says the Industrial Accident
Commission in its decision in the case
of Alfred Either, claimant, vs.. U. B. &
Shuttle Co. Of Auburn, employer of Au-
burn and the Travellers Insurance Co.,
insurers.
While working at a machine called
rougher, bobbin in the process of max
ing. broke and was thrown from the
machine. striking petitioner in right
eye, causing total loss of sight. The
only question at issue is that of fgur-
ing the weekly compensation due this
employee.
The petitioner was a beginner at this
particular work and was to receive a
weekly wage of 50. He had worked but
three and one-half hours at the time the
injury occurred and as there IS no aver
age weekly wage preceding date of injury
by which the commission may be guided,
the commissioner will assume that the
average weekly wage of all employees
when first learning to operate a rougheS
has been established at 50 as the wage
agreed upon in this particular case.
The employer operates it's factory five
and one-half days per week and is pay
ing compensation of s433 per week on
an agreement that these payments shall
continue for a period Of 100 weeks This
amount is arrived at by dividing the
weekly wage of 50 by six to determine
the average daily wage and multiplying
the daily wage so established by 800 and
again dividing by 50.
The commission contends that the
average daily wage should be deter
mined by dividing the agreed weekly
wage of 50 by five and one-half, the
actual working time. and by this meth
cd the average daily wage is fixed at
s1.64, which entities the petitioner TO
weekly compensation of S4.73, instead
of 81 SO as figured by the. employer.
The commission orders paid the COM
pensation of s4.73 per week for 100
weeks and the payment of medical and
hospital bills not exceedingly $50 for
the first IA days following injury.
Joe ondreseo, Lisbon Falls, Granted
In the case of Joe Ondresco of Lis
bon Falls vs.. Pejepscot Paper Co. en-
pioyer and the Travellers Insurance Co.,
insurer, the Industrial Accident Com
mission orders that compensation of
s4-s' per week be paid for period of
SIX weeks and that medical and hos
pltai bills not exceeding $50 be paid
LOT the first IA days following injury.