Maus v. Bloss

Defendant contends that his operation of a mink farm is an enterprise excluded from the operation of the safe-place statute. The statute applies to all places of employment except, among other operations, “farm labor when the employer is the farmer operating the farm and the labor is such as is customarily performed as a part of farming, and including the transportation of farm products immediately and directly from the farm, and of materials, supplies, or equipment directly to. the farm for use thereon.” Sec. 101.01 (1) (b), Stats.

In Eberlein v. Industrial Comm. 237 Wis. 555, 297 N. W. 429,…