Stulginski v. Waterbury Rolling Mills Co.

The plaintiff was employed by the defendant as a caster’s helper, as was Mike Cizauskas, who, on August 9th, 1937, was working at a casting pot ten or fifteen feet distant from the one at which the plaintiff was working. It was customary for each helper to skim dross from the top of the molten metal and pile it on the floor; at intervals also he would sweep the floor of the part of the room where he was working. The sweepings contained some oil and, when mingled with the dross, smoke would be ere ated. The compensation commissioner found that on this day the plaintiff, in accordance with a…