Union Bridge & Construction Co. v. Industrial Commission

Eloy Williams was employed by the plaintiff in error, the Union Bridge and Construction Company, which was engaged' in constructing a railroad bridge across the'Ohio river from the city of Metropolis to the Kentucky shore. Williams was what was called a “sandhog” and worked in a gang under the direction of a straw-boss called Soldier. His gang was working on bridge pier No. 4, 1185 feet south of the low-water mark of the Ohio river on the Illinois shore, in a caisson, taking out the sand and mud to sink the caisson in the river. On July 22, 1916, he fell into the river while walking across a…