Edwards v. GE LIGHTING SYSTEMS, INC.

CALABRIA, Judge.

Tammy C. Edwards, administratrix of the estate of Paul Roger Edwards, (“plaintiff’) appeals from an order granting General Electric Company’s (“G.E.”) motion for summary judgment. We affirm.

I. Background

Paul Roger Edwards (“Edwards”) was an employee of G.E. Lighting Systems, Inc. (“GELS”), a subsidiary of G.E. 1 GELS manufactures industrial lights utilizing a process which requires baking metal parts in annealing ovens with an oxygen-free gas which contains a high concentration of carbon monoxide. The annealing process is classified by G.E. as a “High Risk Operation.”

GELS has…