Ramczik v. Winona MacHine & Foundry Co.

Taylor, C.

Certiorari on the relation of Walter Ramczik to review the decision of the industrial commission disallowing his claim for compensation for the loss of a finger.

The employer foundry company received shipments of scrap iron by rail and occasionally gave Ramczik the job of unloading it. When doing this work, if he found a piece too heavy for one man to handle, he called to the workmen in the foundry and one or more of them assisted him. The company also provided a crane used in lifting pieces too heavy to be unloaded by hand. On February 12, 1927, a car of scrap iron was received, and…