Shipp v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board

Opinion by

Judge Blatt,

Frank Shipp, Jr. (decedent) was employed as a pump man for Sanctis Construction Company (employer). His usual duties were to prime, start, and maintain a gasoline driven pump at the excavation site for the foundation of the United States Steel Building in Pittsburgh. The pump area was located 80 to 90 feet below the street level and the hose- extended from the pump area to the manholes on the street where it would discharge water through a four inch opening. The exclusive means of access between the manholes and the pump area was by a dirt ramp approximately 300 feet…