Design of welding mask an issue for jury.(Metalworking and the Law)

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Whether a welding mask was designed in the way that that it channeled hot slag to
a wearer's ear was an issue for a jury to decide, an Illinois court
has rul

On Jan. 31 1988 George Jarke, a mechanic for a tool and die manufacturer,
was removing a metal plate called a "keeper" from a furnace car.
The keeper was welded to the wheelbase of the furnace car, and in
order to displace it, Jarke used an arc welder to fuse the old weld
head.

The sole point from which he could make an incision in the plate was beneath the car,
a position that gave him real little headroom. In order to fit