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- Title: Bentte Rinne v. W. C. Griffis Company and
- Author : St. Louis District Missouri Court of Appeals
- Release Date : January 04, 1951
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 67 KB
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Relator was employed by W.C. Griffis Company from August 7, 1948, until November 16 or 17, 1948, as a tractor and scraper operator while employer was engaged in widening highway No. 169 between Calumet and Keewatin, Minnesota. On October 5, 1948, employe was operating a tractor with a scraper behind it. Because of the nature of the work, it was necessary for him to drive this machinery up and down the banks on the side of the road. On the day in question, while climbing a steep bank, the motor in the tractor he was driving rose to a point almost perpendicular with the frame. This was the result of a missing pony spring which attached the motor of the tractor to the framework. Fearing that the machine might topple over backward, employe jumped from the machine onto the slope which he had been climbing. He landed on his back on sandy and rocky ground and skidded down the slope to a point behind and to the side of the scraper which he had been pulling. The foreman of the crew, who was standing some 75 feet from the tractor at the time, saw employe jump from the tractor, but after the landing his view was cut off by the scraper and the intervening slope. Employe testified that after jumping he walked around and that "it didnt seem like I was hurt too bad." After pulling the tractor down off the slope with another tractor, he resumed work, although he testified at the hearing that his back was sore and that its soreness increased during the remainder of that day. He continued to work until October 18, 1948, when he consulted a doctor. The doctor advised him not to work for a few days, and, following that advice, he remained away from work three or four days. He resumed work on either October 23 or 24 and continued without interruption until November 16 or 17, 1948.