Nowakowski v. Detroit Stove Works

The plaintiff had worked as an apprentice in a foundry for a month or more, at making and filling molds; a part of his duty being the carrying of melted iron from the cupola to the molds in a ladle. On the day in question he was returning to the cupola, and met a fellow-servant carrying a ladle full of molten iron; •and, as he approached, a teaspoonful was spilled, and, striking upon the damp floor, a portion of it flew up and put out plaintiff’s eye. This action is brought to recover ■damages, and the negligence alleged against the master is “that it failed to provide a safe place to work,…