M & H Valve Co. v. Burt

ROBERTSON, Judge.

This is a workmen’s compensation case.

Tommy E. Burt, a fifty-two year old male, was employed with M & H Valve Company as a millwright and electrician. On Labor Day, September 1985, Burt’s supervisor called him to go see about water flooding the basement of the plant. The supervisor was fearful that the water might reach the electric cabinets containing 4,460 volts of electricity. Burt, upon arriving, found the water level to be very close to reaching the electric cabinets. He discovered that the existing sump pump, which pumps the water out of the basement, was no longer…