This explains the fractured skull, and broken collarbone. In the vicinity of the third floor, I met the barrel coming down. Needless to say, I proceeded at a rather rapid rate up the side of the building. Due to my surprise at being jerked off the ground so suddenly, I lost my presence of mind and forgot to let go of the rope. You will note in blank #11 of the accident report that I weigh 135 pounds. Then I went back to the ground and untied the rope, holding it tightly to insure a slow descent of the 500 pounds of brick. Securing the rope at ground level, I went up to the roof, swung the barrel out, and loaded the bricks into it. Rather than carry the bricks down by hand, I decided to lower them in a barrel by using a pulley, which fortunately was attached to the side of the building. When I completed my work, I found that I had about 500 pounds of brick left over. On the date of the accident I was working alone on the roof of a new six-story building. A man who filed an insurance claim was asked for additional information from the company.
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