Lambert v. Pittsburgh Bridge & Iron Works

Opinion by

Hoffman, J.,

This is an appeal from a judgment in favor of the plaintiff-appellee, Daniel Lambert, who was seriously injured when an industrial split-wheel owned by the defendant-appellant, Pittsburgh Bridge and Iron Works (hereinafter “P. B. & I.”), violently separated striking Lambert in the head.

P.B. & I. operates a business in Beaver County, in the course of which it uses forklift trucks in the stacking and transporting of equipment and supplies. Upon these forklifts are what are known as “split-wheels”, which may be physically described, as follows: the wheels are assembled in…