Chambers v. Missouri Pacific Railroad Company

BARRETT, Commissioner.

Robert W. Chambers was a heavy equipment operator employed by the Missouri Pacific Railroad Company. Beginning in January 1959, his job was to operate a “dozer and buggy,” earth moving machinery consisting of a bulldozer attached to a large scoop or “bucket.” He claims that he was not familiar with the clutches or other mechanism by which the buggy was controlled and that, except to grease, casually inspect and operate, he had not been instructed in the repair of the machinery. In this action under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act (45 U.S.C.A. § 51), Chambers claims…