Cracraft v. Bessemer Limestone Co.

Citations

• 210 Pa. 15
• 59 A. 432

Syllabus

<p>Negligence—Master and servant—Risk of employment—Obvious danger— Contributory negligence—Buzz saw.</p> <p>While it is the duty of an employer to give information to an employee, as to the particular perils and dangers of the service in which he is engaged, this duty does not require warning against such dangers as are the subject of common knowledge, or are open and apparent to ordinary observation.</p> <p>The owner of a sawmill is under no duty to instruct a workman over twenty years of age who has worked for more than four months in the mill, as to the danger of letting his hand come in contact with a circular saw, where the operation of the saw is open and visible, and the danger obvious. •</p>