Hopwood v. Benjamin Atha & Illingsworth Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Pitney, J.

The plaintiff below was employed as an ordinary laborer in the steel foundry of the defendant company. At the time of the occurrence that gave rise to this action he was engaged with other workmen in moving from one part of the works to another certain heavy iron frames known as “flasks” or “boxes.” In so doing they were required to lift the flasks from a tram car to the floor of the foundry, using a hoisting-crane for this purpose. In order to facilitate handling, the several flasks were formed with trunnions on either side. The evidence…