George v. City of Youngstown

The plaintiff predicates his claim upon the negligence of the defendant city in failing to comply with the specific requirement of Section 1027, G-eneral Code, which reads in part as follows:

“The owners and operators of shops and factories shall make suitable provisions to prevent injury to persons who use or come in contact with machinery therein or any part thereof as follows: * * *

“7. They shall guard all saws, wood-cutting, wood-shaping and all other dangerous machinery.”

In the case of State, ex rel. Post, v. Industrial Commission, 127 Ohio St., 187, 187 N. E., 719, this court held that…