Broadfoot v. Shreveport Cotton Oil Co.

Citations

• 111 La. 467
• 35 So. 643
• 1903 La. LEXIS 550

Syllabus

<p>INJURY TO EMPLOY®—CONTRIBUTORY NEGLIGENCE—SAKE APPLIANCES.</p> <p>1. The action was one sounding in damages for injuries received in defendant’s oil factory.'</p> <p>2. One in the performance of work under the sanction of his employer is not at fault if the manner resorted to in doing this work is similar-to that frequently followed by other workmen.</p> <p>3. There is an implied promise by the master to make all appliances safe, and to furnish all necessary appliances.</p> <p>4. The “safety collar” on the driving shaft was broken, near which plaintiff undertook to put the belt on the pulley. The weight of the testimony traces the cause of the accident to the broken “safety collar.”</p> <p>5. There was no resting place, as there had been prior to the accident, upon which to stand while pulling the belt on the pulley of the running shaft.</p> <p>(Syllabus by the Court.)</p>