Bulpett v. Dodge Associates, Inc.

Donald Bulpett (Bulpett) and Wilfred Owen (Owen) were seriously injured in falls from two “buckets” of a hydraulic aerial mechanism called a sky-worker when the boom suspending the buckets collapsed. At the time of the accident Bulpett was employed as an electrician by M. B. Foster Electric Company (Foster), an electrical contractor engaged in the erection and insulation of a power substation for the Boston Edison Company (Edison). Owen was a self-employed welder hired by Foster as an independent contractor to do aluminum welding at the substation construction site. Essentially, Bulpett’s…