Chicago Mill & Lbr. Co. v. Carter

The plaintiff, Frank H. Carter, recovered a judgment for damages on account of personal injury sustained by him as an employee of the defendant, Chicago Mill and Lumber Company, when his arm was drawn into a chain which was around a revolving sprocket wheel on which there were teethlike cogs. His hand slipped off a lever which he was using, about 8 or 10 inches from the sprocket, as a means of shifting the gear that operated the sprocket wheel and furnished the power for turning some paddles inside of a large pot used for mixing glue ingredients of a 200-pound capacity.

The negligence charged…