Is a revolving knife a dangerous part of the machinery required to be guarded?
Saskatchewan, Canada
The following excerpt is from Aimer v. Cushing Bros. Ltd., 1920 CanLII 112 (SK CA):
That the revolving knives constituted a dangerous part of the machinery requiring to be guarded, does not seem to me to admit of argument. See Birtwistle v. Hindle [1897] 1 Q.B. 192, 66 L.J.Q.B. 173.
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