Quarcini v. National Fuel Gas Co.

OPINION OF THE COURT

Richard C. Kloch, Sr., J.

*479Plaintiff was injured while moving gas pipeline involved in a road widening project. The pipes were strapped to a side boom machine and were lifted six to seven feet off the ground. A laborer was on each end of the pipe to stabilize it. The pipe was being lowered onto a wood crib which held the pipe three feet off the ground. The pipe plaintiff was working on was approximately 5,000 pounds. It was lowered onto the wood crib and the laborers shook the pipe to make sure it was firmly in place. While plaintiff was doing this, the wood crib or skid…