American Steel Foundries v. Kistner

Appellee was injured September 21, 1905, while engaged in operating a milling machine in the plant of appellant at Granite City, Illinois. The machine he operated had two revolving heads on the top, in which were knives or cutters used for the purpose of planing off the rough parts of castings. In the course of his work, it was necessary for appellee to adjust these knives and to take them out, grind and reset them. To adjust or remove the knives from the cutter head, a wrench was used to loosen the set screws which held them. The set screws could not be reached with the wrench by one…