Lloyd Gordon Grawbarger

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Killed By Logs: Trucker's Death Ruled Accidental

KILLED BY LOGS
Trucker's Death Ruled Accidental
PEMBROKE (Staff) - Lloyd Grawbarger, 35, Callander truck driver, killed while unloading logs at the Canada Veneers Lad., plant here Jan. -30, died accidentally, 'jury decided here Thursday night.
Grawbarger was crushed by three 17 - foot birch logs as they rolled off the side of a truck.
He was dead on arrival at hospital.
Slush gathered by the truck on its way from North Bay, which later formed ice on a quick-release device holding the load of logs, was indirectly responsible for the accident, the jury was told.
The catch is normally released from the left side of the truck, allowing hinged, upright stakes at the right -side to swing outwards. The logs then roll to the ground on that side.
Balked by the frozen catch, Grawbarger attacked it with three foot crowbar• while standing at the right side of the truck.
"The bar hit the catch and it tripped," testified Lawrence Lamb, a truck driver who was standing beside Grawbarger. "I yelled, 'they're coming' and ran."
Eight witnesses questioned by Crown Attorney John. Mulcahy included Dr. S. T. Bobra; regional pathologist, who said Grawbarger died of multiple injuries These included fractures of the skull, face, collar bones, ribs, pelvis and right thigh.
The jury brought in a recommendation that better tighting be provided in the unloading area, where from one to five trucks dumped logs every night. The fatality happened shortly after midnight.
Grawbarger is survived by his wife and four children.
--The Ottawa Journal, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, February 21, 1964 Page 4