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NORTHERN LIGHT CO. v. INDUSTRIAL COMM.

264 Wis. 313 (1953)

NORTHERN LIGHT COMPANY, Appellant, vs. INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION and others, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

June 2, 1953.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the appellant there was a brief by Anderson & Murphy, attorneys, and J. Stewart Murphy of counsel, all of Milwaukee, and oral argument by J. Stewart Murphy.

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

FRITZ, C. J.

Isiah small, the applicant for workmen's compensation, was injured while operating a press brake for the Northern Light Company. The machine at which he was working was operated and controlled by a foot clutch, and he had at all times complete control over the speed at which the ram descended. Appellant had purchased the machine before General Order 28 of the Industrial Commission was promulgated, and no guard had ever been devised which would permit...

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