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July 9, 1994 IL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech OTHER
Dravo Basic Materials Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS TYING A LINE ON THE TIMBERHEAD WHEN THE WIND SHIFTED THE BARGE HE WAS ON. EMPLOYEE CAUGHT HIS RIGHT THUMB BETWEEN THE LINE AND THE TIMBERHEAD. EMPLOYEE SUFFERED A ABRASION TO HIS RIGHT THUMB REQUIRING HIM TO BE ON RESTRICTED DUTY FOR TWO (2) TO THREE (3) DAYS.

November 30, 1993 OH · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator OTHER
Dravo Basic Materials Company Inc · Struck by falling object

EE WAS OPERATING 980 LOADER THE WIND BLEW DUST INTO LEFT EYE.

June 3, 1993 OH · Metal/Non-Metal coal/ore shovel operator, shoveler, power shoveler OTHER
Dravo Basic Materials Company Inc · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING THE 972 BACKHOE & THE WI ND BLEW SOMETHING INTO HIS EYE (RIGHT)

April 1, 1993 IL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech OTHER
Dravo Basic Materials Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO ADJUST THE TIMING OF A OVERHEAD DOOR IN THE SHOP. THE DOOR HAD BEEN RAISED TO WITHIN 6" FROM THE TOP. EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMTPING TO REMOVE THE CHAIN FROM THE SPROCKET W HEN A GUST OF WIND SHOOK THE DOOR CAUSING IT TO MOVE THUS CATCHING EMPLOYEE'S LEFT INDEX FINGER BETWEEN THE SPROCKET AND CHAIN. EMPLOYEE RECEIVED LACERATION REQUIRING STITCHES AND FRACTURE TO

May 3, 1991 FL · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand OTHER
Dravo Basic Materials Company Inc · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING SIDE OF GRAVEL PILE ON BARGE WHEN SOME UNKNOWN TYPE OF INSECT BIT H IS LEFT ARM

January 25, 1990 AL · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer OTHER
Dravo Basic Materials Company Inc · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE RODE DOWN WITH I NAME TO CHECK ON ELECTRIC PUMP IN QUARRY THEY GOT OUT OF TRUCK & STARTED WALKING DOWN SLOPE (8FT HIGH 45DEGSLOPE) ABOUT HALF WAY DOWN EMPLOYEE DECIDED TO JUMP REST O F WAY DOWN LANDED FLAT FOOTED FELT RUNNING BACK BUT WAS NOT TO CONCERNED ABOUT IT TOLD I NAME ABOUT IT

October 12, 1989 FL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech OTHER
Dravo Basic Materials Company Inc · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EMPL WAS HELPING TO CHANGE A SCREEN MOTOR AT THE TOP OF THE PLANT AND WAS BITTEN BY A SPIDER

March 19, 1989 AL · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand OTHER
Dravo Basic Materials Company Inc · Struck by flying object

THIS EMPLOYEE DID NOT KNOW HOW HE GOT SAND IN HIS RIGHT EYE.

October 19, 1988 OH · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand OTHER
Dravo Basic Materials Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

TRYING TO CONNECT 2 FLOATING DREDGE PIPES, WIND BLEW ON SECTION AND FINGERS WERE CAUGHT BETWEEN FLANGES.

June 1, 1987 OH · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator OTHER
Dravo Basic Materials Company Inc · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE HAD JU8T STARTED TO WORK ON FIRST LEVEL OF CLEVEA PLATN, WHEN HE APPARENTLY HAD A HEART ATTACK. EFFORTS TO REVIVE HIM BY EMT AND RESCUE SQUAD FAILED.

April 15, 1986 OH · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator OTHER
Dravo Basic Materials Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INSECT FLEW INT2 EAR WHILE OPERATING PLANT.

August 5, 1983 AL · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver OTHER
Dravo Basic Materials Company Inc · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

SUSPECTED SPIDER BITE ON PENIS

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