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3,112
Years on record
1983–2026
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March 28, 1997 AR · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand OTHER
Jeffrey Sand Company · Struck by flying object

NORMAL WORKING CONDITIONS. EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING BY THE CONVEYOR AND WIND BLEW SNAD IN EYE. EMPLOYEE DID NOT GO TO THE DOCTOR UNTIL 3-29-97. CORNEAL ABRASION RIGHT EYE.

September 2, 1995 AR · Metal/Non-Metal dispatcher OTHER
Jeffrey Sand Company · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

NORMAL WORKING CONDITIONS. EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING AROUND SCALES OFFICE AREA AND GRABBED A WILD VINE AND WAS STUNG BY AN INSECT TO WHICH HE HAD AN ALLERGIC REACTION.

June 12, 1995 AR · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner OTHER
Jeffrey Sand Company · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

NORMAL WORKING CONDITIONS. EE WAS REMOVING MOTOR FROM AN ELECTRICAL WINCH AND WAS STUNG BY WASP ON THE LEFT ELBOW AND SHOULDER. EE HAD AN ALLERGIC REACTION TO THE STING.

December 5, 1994 AR · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand OTHER
Jeffrey Sand Company · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

NORMAL WORKING CONDITIONS. EMPLOYEE WAS BITTEN BY A SPIDER WHILE PERFORMING HIS DUTIES AS A DECKHAND ON THE TOW-BOAT BUT THOUGHT IT WAS NOTHING TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT BECAUSE THERE WAS NO REACT ION TO THE BITE AT THE TIME. THE BITE DIDN'T GIVE ANY PROBLEMS UNTIL 12/7/94 WHEN IT BECAME INFECTED, AT THIS TIME HE WENT TO THE DOCTOR & WAS TREATED & GIVEN A PRESCRIPTION.

November 8, 1993 AR · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman OTHER
Jeffrey Sand Company · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS DOING REGULAR JOB DUTIES AS PUMPER ON THE DAVID H. DREDGE UNDER NORMAL WORKING CONDITIONS WHEN HE HAD AN APPARENT STROKE. NO STRENOUS WORK.

October 31, 1991 AR · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand OTHER
Jeffrey Sand Company · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON ROCK CHUTE A PIECE OF RUST FROM CHUTE BLEW INTO RT EYE

March 29, 1991 AR · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand OTHER
Jeffrey Sand Company · Struck by flying object

NORMAL WORKING CONDITIONS A SMALL PIECE OF METAL BLEW INTO THE LEFT EYE CAUSING ABRASION TO EYE

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