Mose Reed v. Mv Foylebank, Her Engines, Tackle, Apparel, and Furniture, and Bank Lines Limited, and Strachan Shipping Company

SIMPSON, Circuit Judge:

On the morning of October 16, 1962, appellant and four other longshoremen were loading crates of pulpboard aboard the M/V Foylebank. 1 Each crate weighed approximately 1100 pounds and was encircled by seven steel bands. The crate in issue was marked with the notation “USE NO HOOKS”. The crew was not furnished with any mechanical devices or other implements such as a fork lift truck, crow bars, “greasy pigs,” 2 rollers, pry bars or jacks, to move the crates; the longshoremen had only their hand hooks to assist in the movement. The crates were lowered into the hold by…