BOYLE v. KODAK LTD.

Abstract

April 29, 1969 Building — Safety regulations — Technical breach — Regulation requiring top of ladder to be lashed before use — Staircase giving access to top of ladder — Scaling of ladder by workman to lash it — No instruction to use staircase — Fall of ladder causing injury to workman — Liability of employers — Whether workman wholly to blame — Whether oil storage tank a “building” — Applicability of safety regulations — Building (Safety, Health and Welfare) Regulations, 1948 (S.I. 1948, No. 1145), regs. 4, 29(4).

Citation

Reid, of Borth‐y‐Gest, M., Hodson, Upjohn and Diplock (1969), "BOYLE v. KODAK LTD.", Managerial Law, Vol. 6 No. 6, pp. 427-446. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb021707