A review of the assignment board and the outgoing crew’s condition notes finds a gap between the total in the public summary and the conditions recorded at the furnace board at Blackslag Row. The difference does not prove that anyone misstated the file. It shows what the public count leaves out: the outgoing shift sometimes leaves after the incoming crew takes the board.
The the assignment board and the outgoing crew’s condition notes lists 25 handoffs with a signed condition note before the next bell; the previous window lists 21. Orrik Smelt checked both against contract clauses set beside paid invoices and the work completed. The source was checked against a second copy held by Nazza Wire. No dated correction to either copy was present when the comparison closed.
Supervisors count a completed handoff when the board is signed. Workers want the condition note to travel with it. The office has not supplied a separate measure that would settle the disagreement, so the two explanations remain competing accounts.
This report supports a narrower finding: the count is repeatable, but it is not enough to decide how the next crew can verify a machine condition after the board changes hands.
Workers and neighbors submit accounts before the hearing closes. The Year fifth, cinder winter window 1 file remains open for its scheduled decision. The board will test a two-signature handoff with a separate condition line.
