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August 11, 2007 KY · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand OTHER
IMI-South LLC · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

Employee was climbing a fixed position ladder when he sustained a spider bite to his lower left arem. The employee had not missed work but visited a doctor who has prescribed a tetnus injection, an allergy injection, and a regiment of six penicillin shots. It is believed that the bite was from a brown recluse spider.

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