Capitol Manufacturing Co. v. Brooks

hCOOKS, Judge.

On January 3, 1997, Timothy Brooks was employed by Capitol Manufacturing Company as an operator of a machine that threads couplings made from a two-inch steel pipe. According to Brooks, on that date his machine ran out of hydraulic fluid. To refill the machine with fluid, the operator must climb a ladder to reach the top of the machine and the hydraulic fluid reservoir. Brooks stated, while filling the | ^reservoir, he fell from the top rung of the ladder to the floor, a distance of about six feet and landed on his low back and buttocks. He had immediate pain in his back,…