RODGERS v. LONDON BRICK CO. LTD.

Abstract

April 24, 1969 Mines and quarries — Act of 1954 — Duty to fence — Construction — Hoisting tractor out of clay pit — Nip between ram connecting cylinder with scarifying bar on back of tractor — Slip by employee trapping foot in nip — Whether ram a reasonably foreseeable cause of injury — Whether a “dangerous” exposed part of machinery — Whether duty to fence — Rope from crane not long enough to reach if tractor on level ground — Tractor backed up to bottom of slope — Whether failure to provide longer rope breach of common law duty — Mines and Quarries Act, 1954 (2 & 3 Eliz.II, c.70) ss.82,115(a).

Citation

Roskill, J. (1969), "RODGERS v. LONDON BRICK CO. LTD.", Managerial Law, Vol. 7 No. 1, pp. 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb021729