Johnson v. Seaburg Manufacturing Co.

Van Kirk, J.:

The employer was a manufacturing concern, making cabinets and table tops. The claimant was a varnish sprayer. He used a hand machine or tool to spray varnish and shellac on the table tops. The award is contested on the ground that the injury is not the result of an accident arising out of and in the course of the employment. While spraying the underside of a table top it was customary to use a block or blocks to raise the top. These blocks it was customary to get from the crating or packing room. Claimant’s work was upon the third floor. On the next floor below was the cabinet…