Plank Interferes with Man's Attempt to Remove Speck from Co-workers Eye

BABBLERS PRESS - During a recent industrial accident at Frank's Construction a local employee somehow managed to get a piece of lumber stuck in his eye, but that didn't stop him from attempting to remove a small speck of sawdust from the eye of a co-worker.

"I could see the speck through my good eye, I just had to get it out, it was driving me nuts," said the man, who is now recovering in hospital after undergoing emergency surgery to remove the plank from his own pupil. "It actually looked bigger than a speck. I think the other workers saw it too but nobody took the initiative to help him."

The man with the speck said he was surprised to see a man approaching him who seemed to be in much worse shape than himself. "He was staggering all over the place, like someone drunk," he said. "I couldn't even see his face, it was covered by a big piece of wood. He was obviously having vision problems himself and yet here he was trying to help me see clearly. It's a good thing the paramedics arrived when they did. He almost poked my eye out trying to help me."

A spokesperson for Frank's Construction said they have adopted a new policy for industrial accidents. "Basically, what we're trying to get across to our workers is that you can't help somebody else if you are worse off than they are," he explained. "It's just common sense really. In this case, the guy who tried to help his buddy should have removed his own plank first, then he would have been able to see clearly enough to remove the speck from the eye of the other guy."