KRS 277.320: Contributory negligence -- Assumption of risk.

In any action brought against a common carrier by railroad under KRS 277.310 to recover

damages for injury to or death of any employee, the employee shall not be held to have

assumed the risk of his employment nor to have been guilty of contributory neglig ence in

any case where the violation by the carrier of any state or federal statute enacted for the

safety of employees contributed to the injury or death of the employee. In a case where a

safety statute has not been violated, the fact that the employee w as guilty of contributory

negligence shall not bar a recovery, but the damages shall be diminished by the jury in

proportion to the amount of negligence attributable to the employee.