Pyle v. Prairie Farms Dairy, Inc.

GREENE, Judge.

On July 8, 1981, Francis W. Pyle, II, was killed in an on-the-job accident which occurred at the Hiland Dairy plant in Springfield, Missouri. Pyle, an employee of the Paul Mueller Company, fell to his death while repairing a stainless steel liner of a milk storage tank located in a building on Hiland’s premises. Pyle, who was standing on the roof while repairing the tank, the top of which extended through and above the roof, lost his balance and fell backward onto a skylight which collapsed under his weight, causing him to fall through the skylight onto the floor below.

Pyle’s…