Cook v. Danaher Lumber Co.
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Pierce county, Shackleford, J., entered February 24, 1910, upon the verdict of a jury rendered in favor of the plaintiff, for personal injuries sustained by an employee in a mill.
1Opinion of the CourtChadwick, J.
Plaintiff was employed by defendant in the work of cleaning up on a part of the lower floor of a sawmill owned and operated by the defendant. He worked within certain defined limits, and his duty was to clean up all sawdust and waste as it accumulated about the machinery, and push or carry it to a conveyor chain which carried the trash away. Plaintiff had been employed about sawmills for some time, but had not directed the movement of any machinery. He had worked for defendant about four months when the accident occurred. In the zone of plaintiff’s employment, there was a shaft about four…
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