Wisconsin Bridge & Iron Co. v. Industrial Commission

The Wisconsin Bridge & Iron Company contends that it is not subject to the penalty provided in sec. 102.57 or sec. 101.06, Stats., the so-called safe-place statute, for a condition which it did not create, over which it had no control, which it had no authority to alter, change, or correct, of which it had no knowledge or reason to suspect or believe existed after due inspection of the premises before permitting its workmen to work thereon, and for which it could not have been subjected to a forfeiture under sec. 101.28.

It does not attack the validity of Safety Order No. 3523 or the…