Dohl v. Clement

Citations

• 263 Pa. 581
• 107 A. 334
• 1919 Pa. LEXIS 481

Syllabus

<p>Master and servant — Negligence—•Injury to employee — Safe place to worh — Duty to warn employee of concealed dangers — Excavation — Uneven bottom covered with discolored water.</p> <p>1. One who employs his servant to work in an excavation, when he takes upon himself the direction and control of the work is bound to see that the place is reasonably safe to work in when the servant enters it; and if it is actually unsafe and the danger is one which is concealed, he must inform the servant of the danger.</p> <p>2. An employer is liable for injury to an employee, caused by falling into a deep hole in the floor of an excavation while he was attempting to spread concrete over the bottom of the excavation which was covered with discolored water, where the master must have known of the unevenness of the bottom, and yet advised the employee that the place was safe to walk upon.</p>