Court of Civil Appeals of Oklahoma September 16, 1980, 54297 (Austin Drilling Co. v. Rice)

ROMANG, Judge:

Claimant, Blaine E. Rice, was a member of a drilling crew working on an oil drilling rig owned and operated by the Austin Drilling Company, hereinafter Austin.

Claimant was paid $6.40 per hour as wages and $11.00 per day as travel pay. He lived between 40 and 50 miles from the drilling site.

As was his custom, claimant drove his own car to and from work.