Kovachoff v. St. Johns Lumber Co.
Oregon Supreme Court
From Multnomah: William N. Gatens, Judge. Statement by Mr. Justice Burnett. This is an action by Nick Kovachoff against the St. Johns Lumber Co., a corporation. The facts are stated below.
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From Multnomah: William N. Gatens, Judge. Statement by Mr. Justice Burnett. This is an action by Nick Kovachoff against the St. Johns Lumber Co., a corporation. The facts are stated below. The substance of the complaint is that on January 18, 1910, the plaintiff was an employee of the defendant in its sawmill working upon a conveyor of lumber which consists of live rollers operated by beveled gears, which in turn were acted upon by the motive power of the mill; that these gears were so situated as to be dangerous to life and limb of employees working near or about the same unless they were…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Burnett
The facts, as developed by the record in this case, are substantially these: In the defendant’s sawmill the lumber, as it comes from the main saw where it is first manufactured from the log, is deposited on what is called a sorting table about 300 feet long by 30 feet wide and about 2 feet high. On this sorting table are chains running parallel with the longest dimension, which carry the lumber to employees stationed along*177side whose duties are to sort the lumber for delivery to various other parts of the mill. At different points along the greater dimension and extended at right angles…
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