The decedent was employed in a mill operated by the appellant employer. It was his job to tend a set of four carding machines. His duties included oiling the machines, checking on their operations and filling their hoppers with raw wool. To get the wool, the decedent had to push a hand cart which, when loaded, weighed about 250 pounds, over an uneven wooden floor. It appears that for a few weeks before his death the decedent had also been tending two extra "pre-carder" machines...
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