Lynch v. . Dewey

The plaintiff was in the employment of the defendant company on 10 August 1917, as pattern maker, and had been there for some (152) months previous to this date. He was directed to add one-fourth of an inch to the thickness of a sawdust grate bar. To do this it required a piece of timber one-fourth of an inch thick to be tacked on the old grate bar. While he was at the machine engaged in planing the timber, the latter kicked back and his hand was drawn into the planer and his fingers cut off by the knives.

The following testimony from the record will sufficiently describe the nature of the…