JOOF V. GAMBIAN MINERALS LTD

JUDGMENT

MILES C.J.

The plaintiff in this case claims damages against the defendant company. The claim arises out of an accident which occurred on December 5, 1955, and resulted in the plaintiff receiving serious injuries to his right hand through its coming into contact with a circular saw. The plaintiff at the material time was employed by the defendants as a carpenter and on the day in question he was using an electrically operated circular saw. He had been required to cut a number of pieces of timber 14 feet in length by 12 inches wide and 6 inches deep to lengths of 12 feet. Having done this he was then instructed to cut the small pieces of wood so that the finished product would be 2 feet long, 12 inches wide and t inch thick. There was at one time some confusion in the evidence of the plaintiff as to precisely what he was instructed to do but eventually it was established, and it was in fact not disturbed, that the second operation Was as described above.

The saw in question is a …