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Contractor's
Foundation Drilling Rig |
I
was
working out of town, and I had just finished up. Before we put the
equipment on the road we had to call in to see where we were going
next. Some times it was home (Austin) or maybe some other town.
[The supervisor] told me to come home, and stop at the LBJ Library
which was then under construction. There were four holes to be drilled,
and then I could take off for the weekend. So Friday morning we got
after it real hard. On the third hole my helper had trouble getting
the 2x2 inch hub out the hard compacted base, so I got off the rig
to help him get it out. I reached down to pull the hub out, but it
was too late. He was already in motion with a square point shovel,
and my middle finger was in the way. So he cut a half inch off-of
my middle finger and it’s still there under that library.
The other guys got to go party with girls of ill repute, but me, I
went to the hospital. What a bummer. |
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Derrick
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