Plaintiff was injured while he was helping one of his colleagues clear a blockage from a hose on an air compressor that was used to operate to a drill rig. A whip check—a safety device used to reduce the movement of an air hose in the event it became disconnected—was placed at the end of every hose connected to the air compressor, the end of another hose, or the drill rig. During the operation to dislodge the blockage, a whip check failed to perform its safety...
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