EE & ANOTHER EE WERE DRILLING A HOLE FOR SHOOTING A PIPE LINE DITCH, THEY WERE UNPLUGGING THE DRILL AND NOTICED THE STEEL HAD COME LOOSE FROM THE DRILL, THEY STOPPED THE ROTATION AGAIN THEY BOTH SCREWED THE STEEL PART OF THE WAY BACK IN WHEN THEY DECIDED TO START THE ROTATION SINCE THEY HAD IT SCREWED FAST. THIS IS WHEN EE'S COAT GOT CAUGHT IN BIT & ROD WHICH IN TURNED SLAMMED H
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Showing all 3EE WAS GOING TO PUG OUT AT PUG MILL WHEN HE MUST HAVE FOUND THE FEEDER PLUGGED AND ATTEMPTED TO UNPLUG THE FEEDER WITH A SCALING BAR, THE PUG MILL BEATERS MUST HAVE BEEN RUNNING WHEN THE BAR G OT CAUGHT INTHE HEATER AND CAUSED THE SCALING BAR TO STRIKE HIM SEVERAL TIMES ON THE HEAD.
EE WAS OPERATING HYDRATE BAGGING MACHINE. ONE OF THE BAGS ON THE MACHINE EXPLODED AND LIME BLEW UP UNDER HIS FACE SHIELD AND HELMET AND BLEW INTO HIS RIGHT EYE CAUSING A LIME BURN IN HIS RIGHT EYE.