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HARNISCHFEFER CORP. v. INDUSTRIAL COMM.

263 Wis. 76 (1953)

HARNISCHFEGER CORPORATION, Appellant, vs. INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION and another, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

January 6, 1953.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the appellant there was a brief and oral argument by L. A. Tarrell of Milwaukee.

For the respondent there was a brief by the Attorney General and Mortimer Levitan, assistant attorney general, and oral argument by Mr. Levitan.

FAIRCHILD, J.

There is no dispute about the injury sustained by Axel Anderson. He was setting sheave plates in an open-frame hammer which was being operated by an assistant. Anderson was in charge and he would signal to the operator, or assistant, when the operator was to operate the mechanism for the descent of the hammer. At the time of the accident the operator released the hammer without any signal from Anderson, and as a result Anderson was injured while he had...

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