Rowland v. Reynolds Electrical Engineering Co.

COMPTON. Justice.

This is a proceeding under the Workmen’s Compensation Act. The claimant appeals from a judgment denying total permanent disability, plus 50 per cent additional compensation by reason of the failure of the employer to provide reasonable safety devices as required by the Act.

On May 24, 1949, the claimant, an employee of the Reynolds Electrical Engineering Co., while engaged in connecting several lengths of three inch pipe to be used in encasing conduit, sustained an injury to the middle finger of the left hand. Previously, he had screwed the pipe together by hand but it was…