Hajduk v. Revere Copper & Brass, Inc.

October 15, 1922, plaintiff was engaged in defendant’s plant in moving metal bars from an acid bath to a water bath. In this process some of the water containing a percentage of acid splashed into plaintiff’s left eye causing pain and a burning sensation. Plaintiff washed his eye with clean water and continued with his work. The eye became inflamed and tears and matter came from it. Three days later he lost the sight of this eye, "but continued in the employ of the defendant company, being transferred from one job to another until April 27, 1932, when he became totally blind and was…