Table S11 - Summary Log of DOE Type A and B Incidents

January Through June 1995



                             DATE &     LOSS OR 
REPORTING ORGANIZATION        TYPE     CATEGORY   DESCRIPTION OF INCIDENT                                                               

GO/Nat'l. Renew. Energy Lab. 03/20/95    Injury   Employee received hot water burns to upper torso when lid was blown off pressurized
  Golden, Colorado            TYPE B              and modified sample cooler.

OR/Martin Marietta (ORNL)    03/31/95    Illness  Aggravation of carpal tunnel syndrome in wrists of employee from extensive work in 
  Oak Ridge, Tennessee        TYPE B              cafeteria, kneading bread and decorating cakes.

OH/Fernald Envr. Rest. Mgmt. 03/24/95   Fatality  Fatal vehicle accident occurred as employee failed to respond in time to stopped
  Cincinnati, Ohio            TYPE A*             traffic on interstate highway.  

SR/Wackenhut Services, Inc.  04/03/95   Fatality  One security officer was fatally injured and another received back injuries when 
  Savannah River Site         TYPE A              their rope broke allowing the two to fall 30 feet during "buddy" type rapelling.

OH/Fernald Envir Rest. Mgmt  05/20/95   $393,000  A tank collapsed while being filled with water caused by design errors and no review.
  Cincinnati, Ohio            TYPE B


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*  DOE accident board investigation not required.

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