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Show I IOIL OIL WORKER WINS CLAIMBEFORE CLAIM CLAIMBEFORE BEFORE INDUSTRIAL BOARDA BOARD A P Voorhies Voorrues of Mob , drilling drilllng sup- sup superintendent superintendent sup superintendent - erintendent for the Utah Southern 011 Oil 011company Oilcompany Oilcompany company , won a claim for $604.14 604.14 60414 $ . . . in a acontet acontest acontest contet contest ' ) before the state mdustrial industrial mdustrialcommISSion industrialcommission industrialcommission commISSion decided Friday The case caseinvolved caseinvolved caseinvolved involved several unusual points of law lawand lawand lawand and had been pending pendmg before the state stateboard stateboard stateboard board for some time The Salt Lake LakeTllbune LakeTi LakeTiibune Tllbune Ti ibune giv gives $ s the tile following account acconnt of ofthe ofthe ofthe the case ' "When When " a passenger on a barge gets getsoff getsoff getsoff off and helps to tie be the vessel up to a astick astick astick stick on the river bank , and is acci- acci sect- sect accidentally acci accidentally sectdentally - dentally injured mjured it is not a maritime maritimeaccident maritimeaccident maritimeaccident accident , in m the opinion of the Utah Utahindustrial Utahindustrial Utahindustrial industrial commission And because became it itisn't itisn't itisn't itisnt isn't isnt ' , A P Voorhies , driller drmer and other other- otherwise otherwise otherwise - wise employed by the Utah Southern Southern01l SouthernOkl SouthernOil 01l Okl company , is entitled to an award awardof awardof awardof of $604 604 $60414 60414 $ : 14 , the commission commLSSlon holds It Itappears Itappears Itappears appears that maritime . ' workers v.orkers vorkers 'corkers corkers are areprotected areprotected areprotected protected under a federal act , and the theinsurance theinsurance theinsurance insurance earner carner carrier for the oil company companyraised companyraised companyraised raised that as a defense , notwithstand notWIthstand- notWIthstanding notwithstanding notwithstanding - - ing the fact that Utah , high up on the themountains themountains themountains mountains , is not Dot generally regarded regardedas as a maritime state Mr Voorhies was wasin wasin wasin in charge of removing removmg equipment from froman froman froman an abandoned oil well on the Colorado Coloradoriver Coloradoriver Coloradoriver river in May , 1932 , when the accident accidentoccurred accidentoccurred accidentoccurred occurred , , the commission finds " |
