Gulfport Creosoting Co. v. White

Appellee was employed by appellant to tighten large door bolts at the tend of a long cylindrical vat about seven feet in diameter, and to do this work appellee was furnished with a ratchet wrench, weighing about,thirty-five pounds, with a handle some three feet in length. This wrench was made up of a spring, a ratchet sometimes called a dog, and a cylinder with ratchet teeth or sockets, all of which parts are inclosed. There was an opening in this inclosure which permitted the head of the bolt to enter; so that when the wrench is placed upon the bolt and the handle of the wrench is worked,…