124 F. 740 | E.D.N.Y | 1903
The libelant was injured seriously by the fall of a boom'on the steamship. The lower end of the boom was fastened to the mast by an iron goose-neck, whose forked end was attached to the boom, while its other end, terminating in an eye, was fitted into the jaws of a spindle, through which an iron pin was passed. The boom had been used shortly before the fall for lifting some comparatively light drafts of cargo, whereupon, in order to reeve a new fall, the boom was lowered to the deck. After the fall had been rove, the boom was raised to an angle of about 45 degrees, when the eye of the goose-neck broke, permitting the boom to fall to the deck, on which it slid in such a way as to produce the injury to the libelant, who was acting as winchman. The accident happened