EE was doing an elevator chain and bucket inspection after the elevator had been repaired. EE was sitting on a bucket outside of the elevator, controlling the chain with an inverter and looking up when a 1in -rock became dislodged from the chain/bucket above and struck in the eye. EE was not wearing any eye protection.
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