Blair v. Omaha Ice & Cold Storage Co.

Action under the workmen’s compensation law. Defendant operates an ice manufacturing establishment in Omaha. The ice is manufactured by immersing a can containing water in a tank holding a freezing mixture. When the contents are frozen the cans are raised by the use of a lever, dipped into a tank of hot water to loosen the contents, and the ice then “pulled” or emptied. Plaintiff began work-as an “ice puller” in the summer of 1916. In the summer time the ice pulling took most of his time. When cold weather came he pulled ice part of each day and afterwards, under the directions of the…