Humphrey v. Lusk

In this action plaintiff seeks to recover for personal injuries received while in defendant’s employ as operator of a machine called “shears” used in cutting iron at defendant’s repair shops at Springfield, Missouri. These shears were operated by electricity and the two large blades, or knives, opened and closed at regular intervals in the manner of ordinary shears. They were powerful enough to cut bars or sheets of iron of considerable thickness. The piece of iron to be cut was placed by the operator on the lower blade, which was stationary, and the other descended with sufficient force and…