Claim of McGowan v. New York Central Railroad

Schenck, J. (dissenting).

On December 24,1930, at the railroad’s roundhouse in Bensselaer, claimant, Isaac A. McGowan, in the regular course of his employment by the railroad as an assistant terminal foreman, was burned by the escape of steam and hot water then being applied by pressure to engine 5206, which he was inspecting. He thus sustained injuries for which an award of $6,658.33 has been directed, in view of his death, to be paid to his widow, as prescribed by section 33 of the Workmen’s Compensation Law.

The Bensselaer roundhouse is a terminal point where engines undergo heavy repairs…