Hoffman v. American Foundry Co.

*288The opinion of the court was delivered by

Gordon, J.

This action was brought to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by plaintiff while employed as a workman in defendant’s foundry. At the time of the injury respondent was engaged in operating machinery for breaking old iron car wheels. A portion of the machinery, consisting of a shaft, was run by a belt about thirty feet in length passing over the outside of a pulley. This shaft and pulley ran very rapidly, making about five-hundred revolutions per minute. It was supported by two iron brackets about eight feet apart attached to the…