State ex rel. Sanchez v. Industrial Commission

The automatic staker machine which appellant was operating at the time of her injury was in the process of staking metal studs into roller blanks used in window assemblies of automobiles. The parts were fed into the staker die automatically and the finished part was forced out by air after the staking operation was complete. Part of appellant’s job was to watch the operation and free jammed parts with a screwdriver provided by the employer for that purpose. At the time of her injury, appellant did not use the screwdriver, but reached into the machine with her hand to remove a jammed part,…