Archibald v. Northern Pacific Railroad
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Spokane county, Carey, J., entered January 16, 1919, upon granting a nonsuit, dismissing’ an action for personal injuries sustained by a machinist’s helper in shaping a forging.
1Opinion of the CourtMackintosh, J.
For a period of sixteen months, the appellant had been employed in the repair shop of the respondent as a machinist’s helper, and while so employed one afternoon about four o’clock, he was assisting one Johnston, a machinist, in shaping a forging to be fitted upon an engine frame. In order to properly perform this work, Johnston was chiselling the forging, having marked it where it was to be chipped, and having set it in a vise. The tools used were the ordinary cold chisel and hammer. While Johnston was chiselling, the appellant was standing at Johnston’s right, holding a torch in his right…
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