Welsh v. Kleiderer

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Roberts,

Appellant lost the fingers of his left hand in an industrial accident and attempted, unsuccessfully, to recover damages from the president of his corporate employer. The accident occurred when the appellant and his foreman were attempting to unjam the appellant’s plastic grinding machine and the foreman accidentally pushed the starter button while appellant’s hand was in the grinding device. Appellant’s evidence tended to show that the accident never would have happened had the grinder been equipped with an inexpensive device known as a micro-switch, and that the…