Workplace Safety
Employee not to blame for tree-trimming accident
On Sep. 16, the owner of tree removal company wasn’t liable for a worker’s hand injury while using a chainsaw, a jury found. Arthur Brown claimed that he was working for Rockey Joe Gibson. After Brown trimmed a branch using a chainsaw, he was holding the chainsaw with his right hand, and the chainsaw was still running. The saw touched the tree, jerked back, struck his left hand and lacerated it. Gibson contended that Brown was an independent contractor, not an employee, and that, even if he was an employee, he was not in the course and scope of his employment. The jury found that Brown was an employee of Gibson and in the course and scope of his employment, but that Gibson was not negligent.
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