Mickuczauski v. Helmholz Mitten Co.
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of tbe circuit court for Milwaukee county: WarbeN D. TarraNt, Circuit Judge. This action was brought to recover for personal injuries. On the 16th day of August, 1909, the plaintiff was injured while working at a machine in the defendant’s factory known as a beam-die press, which was used for cutting lining for mittens and gloves.
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Appeal from a judgment of tbe circuit court for Milwaukee county: WarbeN D. TarraNt, Circuit Judge. This action was brought to recover for personal injuries. On the 16th day of August, 1909, the plaintiff was injured while working at a machine in the defendant’s factory known as a beam-die press, which was used for cutting lining for mittens and gloves. The complaint alleges that the machine was complicated, made up of many parts and cog wheels, and had power imparted to it by means of belts, shafts, and pulleys, and that the power was obtained by friction by means of a friction cone being…
1Opinion of the CourtKerwin, J.
Plaintiff at tbe time of tbe injury was at work for tbe defendant at a beam-die press machine used for cutting mitten linings. Tbe machine is made up of four iron uprights which are part of tbe framework of tbe machine and bolted to tbe floor, and has a large wooden block under a crossbeam upon which material is placed while being cut, the cutting die being placed under the beam and pressed down upon and through the material. The cloth is pulled onto the block from a table which stands at the back of the machine and back of where the operator stands. The cloth is placed for cutting by…
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