Arkansas Short Leaf Lumber Co. v. Wilkinson

The appellee was an employee of the appellant in the capacity of rip-sawyer. He was working at appellant’s sawmill on the second floor. The lumber he sawed came from the first floor on moving endless chains, and when it reached the second floor a negro employee, called the passer, or puller, took the boards from the chains and placed them on the table beside the appellee, to be handled by the appellee and pushed by him through the rip-saw. The appellee was passing one of the boards through the rip-saw when a splinter flew out and struck him in the eye, severely injuring him. The appellee…