Martin v. Star Cooler Corp.

CLEMENS, Judge.

The employer and insurer appeal from the circuit court’s affirmance of a $17,076 award to plaintiff for the accidental, partial amputation of his right hand. The appealing defendants level a four-fold challenge to the Commission’s award. We reverse and remand.

Plaintiff worked at a “press brake,” a machine that molds metal slabs between a stationary die at the bottom and a moveable ram at the top. The machine is activated by stepping on a treadle which caus*34es the ram to come down onto the bottom die with great force. While standing near the machine plaintiff stepped backward and…