Hall v. West & Slade Mill Co.
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Chehalis county, Irwin, J., entered July 7, 1904, upon the verdiet of a jury, rendered in favor of the plaintiff, in an action for personal injuries sustained by an employee in a mill, through coming in contact with a set screw upon a revolving shaft.
1Opinion of the CourtFullerton, J.
The respondent was injured while employed in the lumber mill of the appellant, and brought this action to recover therefor. He was successful in the court below, and this appeal is from the judgment entered in his favor.
In the lumber mill in question were two parallel lines of rollers, located about four feet apart, extending almost the entire length of the mill. One set of these, called dead rollers, led from the back of the gang edger, and received such timber products as were passed through that machine. The other set were called live rollers, being kept in motion, when in use, by the…
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