Cargo Business Newswire

Thursday, April 10, 2014

Manlift manufacturer blamed for barge workers death by drowning

The wife of a man who recently died has filed suit against the manufacturer of a manlift, alleging the lift flipped off a barge and into a river, drowning her husband.

Tracy Gammon filed suit against Terex Corporation, Gene Industries, Gene International, Gene Holdings and Traylor-Massman-Weeks LLC.

Gammon’s husband, Andrew Edward Gammon, was sitting in a Genie S-80 Manlift, which was sitting on a barge, when the manlift was struck by a pipe, the lawsuit claims.

"The Genie S-80 Manlift, to which Mr. Gammon was tethered, flipped off the barge and into the Mississippi River, at which time Mr. Gammon drowned," the suit states.

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