Abstract: At approximately 1:00 p.m. on March 22, 1999, Employee #1 and the owner of the company were building a cinder block wall. Employee #1 was making a masonry line with a thread. The end of the thread was tied to a metal piece (chicken leg) and the thread was wrapped around a cinder block. As Employee #1 pulled the one end of the thread to make the masonry line, the chicken leg came loose and hit Employee#1's face resulted a complete loss of his left eye and multiple fractures to his nose and face. Employee #1 was not wearing any eye or face protection at the time of accident. Employee #1 was hospitalized for his injuries.