Swanson v. Gordon

Plaintiff and four others, all structural iron workers, were engaged in one gang on the Northern Bank building in the city of Seattle. One Norman was the gang foreman, and directed the work. He is called also a working foreman, or working boss, by some of the witnesses. He gave a hand when' necessary. In the promotion of the work at hand, it became necessary to lash a mast onto a hoist derrick, so as to extend its sweep. The derrick was twenty feet eight inches high, and the straight legs were tied by two rungs and a top piece. The mast was a six-by-eight stick of timber, seventeen feet long.…