General Electric Co. The LeJeunes brought this negligence and strict products liability action against Appellees when Mr. Lejeune was injured while working on a piece of machinery Appellees had repaired. For the reasons that follow, we affirm the district court. As such, he was responsible for checking the oil and lubrication of various machines.
Tables consist of a frame which holds large steel cylinders weighing two to five tons each.
The cylinders, powered by motors, are rotated in order to transport hot steel slabs from one processing machine to another. Gaps, approximately two inches in width, exist between cylinders. Mr. LeJeune, believing a certain table was deactivated, jumped on top of the cylinders in order to do his maintenance work. The cylinders were activated, and, as they began to roll, Mr. LeJeune was caught in the gap between them. His injuries were serious and extensive.