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3,112
Years on record
1983–2026
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August 12, 1998 AR · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand POWERED HAULAGE
Jeffrey Sand Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

NORMAL WORKING CONDITIONS. EE WAS OPERATING THE OUTBOARD MOTOR BOAT AND A PARTICLE OF SAND BLEW INTO HIS RIGHT EYE.

August 13, 1997 AR · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand POWERED HAULAGE
Jeffrey Sand Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

NORMAL WORKING CONDITIONS. EE WAS STANDING ON BARGE THE TOWBOAT WAS HOOKING UP TO & THE TOWBOAT BUMPED THE BARGE CAUSING THE EE TO FALL RESULTING IN LOWER RIGHT BACK STRAIN & BRUISED R. HIP.

December 24, 1996 AR · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand POWERED HAULAGE
Jeffrey Sand Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

NORMAL WORKING CONDITIONS. EMPS FOOT CAUGHT UNDERNEATH CABLE OF BARGE WINCH. TOWBOAT MOVED FORWARD TIGHTENING CABLE ON EMPS LEFT FOOT. ANKLE SPRAIN AND CONTUSION ON LEFT FOOT.

July 1, 1991 AR · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) POWERED HAULAGE
Jeffrey Sand Company · Struck against stationary object

NORMAL CONDITIONS, EMPLOYEE HIT HIS LEFT ELBOW ON THE LEVER OF CRANE, SEVERAL DAYS LATER THERE WAS A FLUID BUILD UP ON THE ELBOW WHICH HAD TO E DRAINED.

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