Steburg v. Vincent Clay Products Co.

The defendant corporation was a manufac*251turer of clay products, and plaintiff was one of its employees in that' business. In his petition, plaintiff states that, in performing services for defendant, he was required, among other things, from time to time, to clean away the dirt which accumulated upon a certain conveyor belt and pulley used in connection with the machinery in the mill. In attending to that duty in the manner in which defendant had instructed him to perform it, and without negligence on his part, he-says, his arm was caught and drawn into the pulley and he was thereby severely…