Dobek v. Amoskeag Manufacturing Co.

The plaintiff was employed to work onmachines called fly-frames, and it was a part of her duty to keep them reasonably clean by removing the cotton lint which accumulated on them when in operation. Usually the cleaning was done when the machines were not in motion by the use of a suitable brush or with waste cotton. A part of the machinery consisted of rolls which, when the power was on, revolved by means of certain gears located in the interior of the machine. There was a covering or guard over them which was intended to keep the lint from them, but which did not entirely conceal them from…