A workman in poor physical condition was engaged in a steamer’s stokehold raking ashes from the furnace; he received a heat-stroke from the radiation of the boiler and died in a few hours.
Held ( diss. Lord Macnaghten) that the death was caused by accident within the meaning of the Workmen’s Compensation Act 1906.
Judges:
Lord Chancellor (Loreburn), Lords Ashbourne and Macnaghten
Citations:
[1908] UKHL 699, 46 SLR 699
Links:
Statutes:
Workmen’s Compensation Act 1906
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Health and Safety
Updated: 26 April 2022; Ref: scu.621517
