Delaware & Hudson Canal Co. v. Socha

In the view we take of this case no extended statement of facts is necessary. The deceased was shoveling coal in the hold of a vessel from which a cargo of coal was being discharged, in the city of Chicago. The coal was being hoisted from the vessel and put upon the dock by machinery. In doing this a heavy bucket, called by reason of its shape, a “ clam shell,” was lowered into the vessel, filled •with coal, then hoisted out- and emptied upon the dock. The employe who controlled the lowering and hoisting is called the “hoister.” At one of the times when the clam shell was lowered into the…