Faulkner v. Parish Manufacturing Co.

Plaintiff is by trade a machinist, a toolmaker; defendant a manufacturing corporation employing several hundred men; it had foremen in the different departments of its plant; among them was a Mr. Hovey who was foreman over unskilled labor, also a Mr. Kadow, foreman of toolmakers. A large room, where considerable in number of the employees worked, was called the “pressroom.” A part of this room was occupied by toolmakers and the part so occupied was called the “toolroom,” although not partitioned off. The entrance to the pressroom is a large sliding door in which is cut a smaller one.…