Hutchinson v. Cleveland-Cliffs Iron Co.

The plaintiff was injured by falling through a hatchway in defendant’s chemical works. The machinery of these works consisted of a number of large steel or iron and copper cylinders, called “stills,” and vats and necessary pipes. The defendant had been making alterations and an enlargement of its plant by increasing the number of cylinders, and had employed the JohnsManville Company, of Milwaukee, to cover some of its cylinders and pipes with plastic covering, and the plaintiff was employed by that company to do this work under its foreman. This work was confined to the easterly portion of…