Sappenfield v. National Zinc Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Mason, J.:

Daniel G. Sappenfield recovered a judgment against the National Zinc Company for injuries received while in its employ, and it appeals. It was a part of the plaintiff’s duty to attend to a furnace twelve feet long, seven feet wide and twelve to fifteen feet high, in the top of which were several openings a foot and a half square, ordinarily closed with iron covers, but opened for the purpose of feeding coal and slack. As the coal burned a crust would form, and before fresh fuel was introduced it was necessary to break this up by prodding it…