Wells v. Swift & Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Mason, J.:

W. E. Wells recovered a judgment against Swift & Company, a corporation, for personal injuries received while in its employ, and it appeals.

The plaintiff had been cleaning the flues of a boiler, using for the purpose a rotary boring machine, made of steel, about ten inches long and four inches in diameter, operated on the turbine principle, by compressed air. The air was brought from the compressor in the engine room to the boiler room by an iron pipe. To this pipe was attached a piece of inch hose twelve or fifteen feet long. The end of this…