Peterson v. Union Iron Works
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Spokane county, Huneke, J., entered February 21, 1907, granting a nonsuit, after a trial before the court and a jury, in an action for the dgath of a servant, the operator of a ripsaw.
1Opinion of the CourtRudkin, J.
The defendant is a manufacturing corporation having its principal place of business in the city of Spokane. At the time hereinafter mentioned it had installed in its establishment a ripsaw used by its employees in the manufacture of flasks used in moulding. The saw was twelve *506inches in diameter, and was situated upon, or attached to, a table about three feet in width and five feet in length, so that about four inches of the saw blade extended above the surface or plane of the table. It is customary to equip or guard saws such as this with a device known as a “splitter.” The splitter consists…
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