Erickson Paving Co. v. Yardley Drilling Co.

Erickson Paving Co., hereinafter referred to as “Erickson,” was a prime contractor, and Yardley Drilling Co., hereinafter referred to as “Yardley,” was its subcontractor, on a road building project in Stevens Pass. Yardley was hired to do blasting and drilling on the project.

On the morning of August 9, 1968, when the blast in question occurred, Erickson’s superintendent, Cal Coie, alerted drivers of D-8 and D-9 tractors working below the blast area to move out of the way. Superintendent Coie told Yardley employee Frank Fosterling, a signal man for the blast, not to give word for the blast…