Bolton's Case

On February 2, 1920, at the Seaconnet Mills in Fall River “the employee was working on the elevator shifting cable, close to the elevator door, when suddenly the elevator dropped from the floor above and struck employee on the shoulder, then pinned his right leg between the hatch door and the elevator, causing a fracture of the leg and severe internal injuries.” The injured employee at his request was sent from the mill to Union Hospital by the physician who was called to attend him. He was treated at the hospital by physicians and surgeons, one connected with the hospital and others called…