Bergstrom v. Staples

Plaintiff’s decedent, her husband, was an employé of defendants in their saw-mill. During the noon hour it was his duty to go down into the box of. the lower band-saw wheel and clean out the sawdust. This box, which inclosed the wheel, was constructed with & slanting bottom, so that the sawdust would slide down to the sawdust carrier. It was necessary to stand on the wheel while cleaning off the sawdust. The only access to this box was by climbing down on the wheel, and the only mode of egress was by climbing up the same way. The wheel was eight feet in diameter. The work could only be done…