Hill v. Harbor Steel & Supply Corp.

Woodrow Hill was employed by Fisher . Steel & Supply Company as a “lead man”, or working foreman, in its scrap yard. On the morning of December 24, 1958,'while Hill'and.another Fisher Steel employee were preparing to put into operation •a manifold welding unit, it exploded, killing Hill and his companion and injuring another workman.

The manifold welding unit had been designed and built for Fisher Steel by defendant Harbor Steel & -Supply Corporation. The unit consisted of a steel ■ framework which held 10 cylinders -of oxygen and • three ’ cylinders of acetylene. Each-cylinder was equipped…