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Jonathan Salmon, prosecuting for the Health and Safety Executive, said the pile-driver was "effectively a hydraulic hammer" but one of two "arms" which secured the 50ft mast fell off because a part had been poorly welded on.
And deep in injury time Smith collected a pass from substitute Dean Gorre 12 yards out and fired in another pile-driver which looked to be heading for the near post, but somehow Beasant got his fingertips on it to turn it away for a corner.
Cousin's 40-yard pile-driver on the stroke of halftime was spooned skywards by Werder Bremen keeper, Tim Wiese, but came down behind him and into the net.
But she has a tough rival to beat in Ruth, 27, a sales manager from Wolverhampton dubbed "the human pile-driver".
In the second-half Gretna piled on the agony for Whitby when Danny Grainger hammered home a 30-yard pile-driver.
Robertson's turn came after five minutes when he somehow pushed away Vincent Sweeney's pile-driver from 15 yards.
But defender Steve Elliot saw his shot saved and loan signing Simon Johnson fired in a 30-yard pile-driver inches wide.
The Northern Ireland international reacted brilliantly to keep out a Mark Walters header from a Mark Robinson cross two minutes after the break and then went full length to push a pile-driver from substitute Scott Leitch around the post.
Cullybackey were by no means out of the game, but they had to thank Martin again in the 86th minute as he saved a Robbie Budden pile-driver.
Dunn almost made it three with a 25-yard pile-driver that was touched on to the post by Grindlay.
Cambridge keeper Shaun Marshall pulled off a marvellous one-handed save to touch Chris Shuker's pile-driver onto the bar as the home side looked for a way back into the game.
Danny Invincible was unlucky not to pull one back when he smashed a 30-yard pile-driver against the bar but Craig Faulconbridge compounded Invincible's misery when he made it 3-0 in the 73rd minute.
McNamara, just back from an injury sustained against Barcelona, went off with a back injury and Sutton was the unfortunate victim of a pile-driver which he took on the face and had concussion.
Had it not been for Bury keeper Glynn Garner, Plymouth would have won by a wider margin and it was fitting when Wotton's pile-driver finally increased their advantage.
GARY CROFT'S 25-yard pile-driver kept Cardiff on course for promotion and added to Notts County's disappointing start to the season.