Baltimore Gas & Electric Co. v. Thompson

LOWE, Judge.

Although Robert E. Thompson was hired by Insul-Temp/Airco, Inc. (Insul-Temp) as a pipe insulator, his employment was, for purposes of this case, at the Baltimore Gas and Electric Company’s (B.G. & E.) Gould Street Power Plant. His work assignments came from or through B.G. & E.’s foremen and supervisors for fifteen months, from the time he was employed until the time he was injured, although his skills and performances were subject to his employer’s supervision.

Thompson had his own portable metal scaffolding which he used occasionally. It contained a built-in ladder at the top of…