Chicago, R. I. & P. Ry. Co. v. Hurst

BENNETT, C.

On May 12, 1923, Edward Hurst, aged 22, an apprenticed helper in the shops of the Rock Island Railroad at Shawnee, Okla., was injured while operating a “wobble” saw. His injuries consisted of the loss of two fingers and injury to his other two fingers of his right hand. A “wobble” saw is constructed much like a ripsaw, being equipped with a circular saw 12 or 15 inches in diameter. The purpose of the machine is to cut a uniform groove in timbers fed into the saw. The frame work enclosing the saw is much like a square reading table with a fiat top, the upper edge of the saw…