Olgiati v. New England Box Co.

The plaintiff was operating a circular saw, reducing two-inch boards sixteen inches long and of varying breadths to blocks of the uniform width of thirteen inches. The width was regulated by a gauge or guide clamped to the saw-bench to the right of the saw. The saw was protected by a blade or spreader, rising from.the bench back of the saw, and by an aluminum hood suspended above the saw from the spreader. Two or more boards" making up the necessary width being placed upon the bench, the operation required the sawyer to hold them firmly together and against tlje guide by pressure forward and…