Pesavento v. E. I. Du Pont De Nemours & Co.

This action was brought to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by the plaintiff while he was using fuse to explode a charge of dynamite in the mines of the Newport Mining Company where he was employed. The plaintiff and two other workmen who were engaged with him at the time of the accident were experienced miners. They were cross-cutting underground. They had drilled 8 holes from 5to 6 feet deep into which they had placed dynamite cartridges, and to each of which was attached the cap and 6 feet of fuse. The fuse was furnished by the defendant company with the representation that…