The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1917-12-07
NEWS OF INTEREST TO WORKINGNIEN
ISSUED FROM THE STATE CAPITOL
Commission Visits Governor Lsterlndusrial In
surance Matters-Fine Imposed on F. c. Porter

sary expense, except that after ar
award has been made by the Com
mission and he should then be dis
satisfied he has right to appeal
under the Law and in that event, OF
course, he might engage legal ad-
vice.
Porter Fined
On Monday of this week the In
dustrial Insurance Commission as
sessed fine of Nine Hundred Sixty
two dollars and fifty cents ($962.50)
against F. C. Porter who operates a
saw mill and box factory located
near Thorp, Washington. This fine
is levied on account of an award
of Nineteen Hundred twenty-five
dollars ($1925.O0) to Richard H. Ell
lison, an eleven-year old boy who
lost his arm just below the elbow
on the 23d of last August by bring
ing it in contact with cutoff saw
on which he was working in Mr..
Porter's plant at that time. This
fine is levied in accordance with
section 6604-9 of the Workmen's S
Compensation Act which provides as
follows:
'If any workman shall be in
jured because of the absence of
any safeguard or protection to
be provided or maintained by, or
pursuant to, any statute or or
dinance, or any departmental
regulation under any statute, or
be, at the time of the injury of
less than the maximum age pre-
scribed by law for the employ
ment of a minor in the occu-
patton in which he shall be en-
gagged when injured, the en-
ployer shall, within ten days aft
er demand therefor by the de-
partment, pay into the accident
fund, in addition to the same re-
quired by section to be paid:
"(a) In case the consequent
payment to the workman out of
the accident fund be lump
sum, a sum equal to so per cent.
of that amount.
"(b) In case the consequent
payment to the workman be
payable in monthly payments,
a sum equal to so per cent of
the lump value of such monthly
payment, estimated in accord
ance with the rule stated in
section 7.
"The foregoing provisions of
this act shall not apply to the
employer if the absence of such
guard or protection be due to
the removal thereof by the in
jured workman himself or with
his knowledge by any of his
fellow workmen, unless such re-
moval be by order or direction
of the employer or superintend-
ent or foreman of the employer,
or any one placed by the en-
ployer in control or direction of
such workman"
This is the second time that the
make a demand against an en-
ployer on account of this provision
in the Law The first case being
that of the Buchanan Lumber Com
pany, of Olympia, where a workman
had been killed by reason of the re-
moval of guard on a cutoff saw.
In this case an award of something
like Nine Hundred dollars ($900.00)
was made and the company has ap-
pealed the case. A third case is
now before the Commission from
Skagit County where thirteen-year
old boy acting as off-bearer lost
two fingers on cutoff saw. In
this case the boy had court permit,
but the permit expressly provided
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that the boy was not to be en-
ployed on or about moving machin-
cry The Commission has the case
under consideration and the decision
will be announced soon. In view
of the fact that by reason of the
war conditions so many young boys
are being employed the Commission
has determined to use every power
within its command to enforce the
Law and protect these boys insofar
as possible from all preventable ac-
cidents.
Labor Commissioner Testifies
Tuesday of this week Hon. c. H.
Younger, State Labor Commissioner
was called before the Presidents In
dustrial Mediation Commission now
holding hearings in the city of Sc
attle. Aside from testifying to the