Regan v. Amerimark Building Products, Inc.

WALKER, Judge.

Plaintiff was employed by defendant Amerimark Building Products, Inc. (Amerimark) and worked on “paint line No. 2” operating the “coater.” As part of his job, plaintiff was required to clean a steel drum that was part of the coater. To clean the drum, plaintiff would scrape the drum with a piece of scrap metal while the paint line continued operating. On 7 April 1993, plaintiff was scraping the drum when his hand got caught and he was pulled into the coater. Plaintiff attempted to stop the paint line by using the two emergency cut-off switches; however, the switches failed to…