Helms v. South Atlantic Waste Co.
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Appeal from Councill, J., March Term, 1909, of Mecklen-burg. Civil action, to recover damages for alleged negligent killing of plaintiff’s intestate-. There was evidence tending to show that on 1 August, 1908, the intestate, an employee' of defendant company, at work in its mill, was killed in the endeavor to push the belt, by which the power was applied to a machine, called a waste cutter, or waste chopper, from the loose to the tight pulley.
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Appeal from Councill, J., March Term, 1909, of Mecklen-burg. Civil action, to recover damages for alleged negligent killing of plaintiff’s intestate-. There was evidence tending to show that on 1 August, 1908, the intestate, an employee' of defendant company, at work in its mill, was killed in the endeavor to push the belt, by which the power was applied to a machine, called a waste cutter, or waste chopper, from the loose to the tight pulley. The belt was in motion at the time, and the intestate, in the effort to push the belt from the loose to the tight pulley, as stated, was using a…
1Opinion of the Court
Hoke, J.,
after stating the case: In Hicks v. Mfg. Co., 138 N. C., at p. 325, it is said to be “accepted law in North Carolina that an employer of labor to assist in the operation of railways, mills and oilier plants where the machinery is more or less complicated, and more especially when driven by mechanical' power, is required to provide for his employees, in the exercise of proper care, a reasonably safe place to work, and to supply them with machinery, implements and appliances reasonably safe and suitable for the work in which they are engaged, and such as are approved and in general use…
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- Marks v. Cotton Mills.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1904
- Lloyd v. P. H. Hanes & Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1900
- Pressly v. Yarn Mills.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1905
- Sims v. . LindsaySupreme Court of North Carolina · 1898
- Fearington v. . Tobacco Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1906
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