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DON'T TRY IT ALONE

By Glenn Patterson

601 Oakwood Drive, Clinton, MS 39056

This letter was written to illustrate a story Mr. Patterson heard while attending an engine show in Blairsville, GA. It should serve as a reminder to us all about safety precautions in working with engines.

I am writing in response to your request for more information concerning Block No. 11 on the insurance form which asks for "Cause of injuries" where I put "Trying to do the job alone". You said you needed more information so I trust the following will be sufficient.

On the date of injuries, I was working alone trying to retrieve an old gas engine out of the loft of a four-story building when I realized the 400-pound engine was too much for me to carry down the stairs. So, rather than try to carry the engine down the stairs by hand, I decided to put it on a platform and lower it by a pulley which was ...

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