Blanton v. International Minerals & Chemical Corp.

Painter, Presiding Judge.

Timothy Blanton, plaintiff-appellant, worked for defendant-appellee Hamilton Foundry and Machine Co. operating a “CB-22” core-making machine. 1 The machine produces cores by compressing a sand mixture with a gas. Simply stated; the CB-22 makes cores when two halves of a box-shaped mold come together. At the foundry, an employee usually operated the CB-22 in “lock-down” position, where the box’s right side was locked in a stationary position through air pressure and the box’s left side closed on it when the operator started a cycle. During lock-down, the box’s right…