Trucco v. Erie Railroad Co.

Opinion by

Rhodes, J.,

Claimant, on September 15, 1941, was employed by defendant at its blacksmith shop at Meadville, Pa. In this shop repair parts for defendant’s locomotives were made. This was the principal type of work in that shop. Claimant was hired as a helper to one of the blacksmiths to assist in the making of such parts, and at the time of the alleged accident he was engaged in making “strap hangers” used as replacement parts for defendant’s locomotives. Defendant is an interstate railroad, and its locomotives are necessarily used in the conduct of interstate commerce. Claimant had…