Opinion
November 18, 1942.
Appeal from State Industrial Board.
Present — Hill, P.J., Crapser, Bliss, Schenck and Foster, JJ.
The claimant was injured when a can of peaches fell and struck him on the nose and eye. Two or three weeks later he noticed that the sight of the eye seemed to be impaired and he told his foreman about this, but he did not notify the foreman of the accident as he was unaware of the causal connection between the symptoms and the accident. He saw his superior only at intervals of several weeks. Some weeks later for the first time he realized that his eye was almost totally without sight and he immediately consulted a physician and then notified the employer. The points raised by the appellant are failure to give written notice and lack of causal relation between the accident and the loss of vision. The State Industrial Board properly excused the failure to give written notice and the evidence supports the finding of causal relation. Award unanimously affirmed with costs to the State Industrial Board.