Lawrence v. Hatch Mill

The plaintiff’s evidence disclosed that he had worked in the employer’s textile mill for more than 11 years. During the year and a half preceding his injury, he was a member of the maintenance crew which serviced and overhauled the mill machinery. His duties included grinding the carding machines.

At the time of his injury the plaintiff was in the act of removing from a tool box one of the two hangers by which the grinding apparatus was attached to the carding machine. Each hanger weighed approximately 47 pounds. The claimant testified: “I reached over in this box about four feet high to pick…