Opinion ID: 625289
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Heading: Evidence of the kind of work Huffman performed

Text: Dr. Robert Andres, a consultant on ergonomics employed by Huffman for the trial, testified regarding Huffman's activities. Dr. Andres's knowledge was based on a 30 to 45 minute telephone conversation with Huffman and consideration of Huffman's deposition. Dr. Andres listed activities that Huffman completed as a trainman: he put on end-of-train devices, engaged in pin pulling, changed knuckles, and aligned drawbars. Dr. Andres also stated that these were the kinds of tasks he had observed completed by trainmen across the country. Huffman testified that he climbed on and off of moving equipment, set handbrakes, coupled air hoses, and walked the entire length of the train 8,000 feeton sloping ballast.