Puget Sound Bridge & Dredging Co. v. Industrial Insurance Commission
Washington Supreme Court
Cross-appeals from a judgment of the superior court for Thurston county, Wright, J., entered June 7, 1918, favorable to the plaintiff, in an action to enjoin the collection of premiums under the workmen’s compensation act, tried to the court.
1Opinion of the CourtMackintosh, J.
The plaintiff is engaged in the work of dredging upon the navigable waters within the state of Washington. It carries on this work by means of hydraulic dredges, taking material from the beds of the navigable waters and, after conveying it through pipes, discharging it upon adjacent lands. In this work it employs three classes of employees; first, those who work continuously upon the dredge and whose employment is entirely upon that vessel; second, those who work wholly upon the land and are at no time called to go upon the vessel; and third, those who work partly upon the vessel and partly…
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