Powless v. Milwaukee County

The statutes involved, so far as material, read:

Sec. 101.01 (11) “The term ‘safe’ or ‘safety’ as applied to an employment or a place of employment or a public building, shall mean such freedom from danger to the life, health, safety, or welfare of employees or frequenters, or the public, . . . as the nature of the employment, place of employment, or public building, will reasonably permit.”

Sec. 101.06 “Every employer shall furnish employment which shall be safe for the employees therein and shall furnish a place of employment which shall be safe for employees therein and for frequenters…