Mitchell T. Russell and Barbara A. Russell v. Ppg Industries, Inc.

FLAUM, Circuit Judge.

Mitchell Russell was . injured September 26, 1986, while working at the PPG Industries, Inc. (PPG) plant in Mt. Zion, Illinois. Russell was employed at the time by Perry Steel Construction Company, Inc. (Perry), which had contracted with PPG to construct, install, and perform on-site repairs to new production process equipment at the plant. His duties generally consisted of such activities as pouring concrete, operating a jack-hammer, masonry, and clean-up work.

Occasionally, Russell worked with PPG engineers on a glass furnace testing project which was outside the scope…