Kuropata v. National Sugar Refining Co.

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On August 8th, 1937, one Frank Kuropata was an employe of the respondent employed at its plant located in Edgewater, New Jersey. On that particular day he was engaged in assisting in cleaning out a tank in the company’s plant. The work of cleaning the tank had been completed and the decedent reached upward to grasp an electric light extension line with his left hand and hand it out of the tank to a co-employe. As he did so he suddenly fell to the bottom of the tank which was made up of steam pipes some of which were hot. He was found with his face down and his arms on those…