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July 19, 2001 KS · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand OTHER

Ritchie Sand Inc · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

AT THE END OF HIS SHIFT, EE WAS SITTING IN THE FOREMAN'S OFFICE. HE ADVISED A COWORKER THAT HE HAD BEEN FEELING ILL AND HAD VOMITED. THE COWORKER NOTIFIED THE FOREMAN. EE WAS TAKEN TO ER WHERE HE HAD A HEART ATTACK. WE WERE ADVISED THAT HIS ARTERIES WERE VERY BLOCKED AND HE HAD STOPPED TAKING HIS HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE MEDICATION.

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