Henry Vogt MacH. Co. v. Mercer

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Thomas

Affirming.

On June 12, 1946, the appellee, Rodney Mercer, was in the employ of the appellant, Henry Vogt Machine Co. His work was that of operating a turret lathe which i¿ a machine to fit parts of cast iron to other machinery which involved the boring of holes and other fitting preparations. He had been engaged in that work for some time and just before quitting time at 4:30 P. M. of that day he felt a slight pain and burning of his left eye which inflamed it somewhat and caused it to water. A fellow workman observed it and saw its condition as described.…