Avon Manufacturing Co. v. J. G. Herring

John G. Herrin was an employee of the Avon Manufacturing Company in August, 1921. The Company operated a crate mill for the manufacture of crates and crate material. In the business in which it was engaged it employed certain machinery among which was a device called a gang saw, mounted upon a table-like structure about 31/2 feet high, and was driven by a pulley and belt. The pulley was located under the table. It became necessary from time to time while the machine was in operation sawing lumber into crate material to remove the sawdust which fell from the saws upon the floor below and…