coupling operation
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 269 U.S. 406 - Minneapolis St Ry Co v. Goneau · 1926Most cited · 108 citing opinions
Where, on the failure of cars to couple by impact, a switchman goes between them for the purpose of adjusting the knuckle of a coupler so that it will make a coupling, and is injured by the fall of the knuckle, due to a broken lip, he is not engaged in repair work, but in coupling, and is within the protection of the Safety Appliance Act.
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