West v. Cudahy Packing Co.

Citations

• 86 Kan. 890
• 122 P. 1024
• 1912 Kan. LEXIS 410

Syllabus

<p>SYLLABUS BY THE COURT. '</p> <p>1. Master and Servant — Negligence—Safe Place to Work— Accident. The duty of an employer to provide a safe place for his employee to work does not extend to a place made dangerous by the very work being done. This principle applies to repairs or improvements which in their ordinary progress lead to dangers readily to be foreseen and appreciated by the workmen.</p> <p>2. -Same. A personal injury to a carpenter engaged with others in making repairs and improvements in stock pens, caused by stumbling over a nail left protruding from a joist in removing the old flooring, is held, in the circumstances stated in the opinion, to be a mere accident for which the employer is not liable.</p>