D-B contractor injures hand
News Herald reports
CARROLL TOWNSHIP -- A Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station
contract worker was hospitalized Monday afternoon after his
hand was pinched between two sheets of metal.
The victim, whose name was not released, suffered a finger
injury, FirstEnergy spokesman Richard Wilkins said. The
incident took place at 1:10 p.m. in the reactor containment
building.
"It was a very minor injury," Wilkins said. "Just to be
conservative about it, they took him to the hospital to have
it checked."
The man was transported by Carroll Township EMS to Magruder
Hospital. Information on his condition was not available.
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PORT CLINTON -- FirstEnergy is refuting a Port Clinton man's
allegations that he received retaliation for reporting safety
concerns.
In a response filed Monday in Ottawa County Common Pleas Court,
the parent company of Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station denied
claims filed by Timothy Tackett of 320 W. Fourth St. Tackett filed a
lawsuit against FirstEnergy in mid-October, in which he accused the
company of unsafe working conditions. He asked the court for more
than $25,000 in compensation.
FirstEnergy spokesman Richard Wilkins declined comment on the
matter, citing pending litigation.
Tackett, an advanced nuclear technologist in the maintenance
support department, was placed on administrative leave Sept. 19.
Some of his allegations stem from a Sept. 17 public meeting in which
FirstEnergy officials met with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Davis-Besse has been out of operation since February. Workers
discovered an unprecedented amount of acid-chewed corrosion on the
reactor head, sparking a series of ongoing investigations from the
NRC and other organizations.
FirstEnergy bought an unused, replacement reactor head from a
nuclear plant in Midland, Mich., and installation procedures took
place in August and September. Tackett helped supervise work on a
polar crane during that process inside the plant's containment
building.
During the Sept. 17 public meeting, Davis-Besse plant official
Mike Stevens said he determined the polar crane was in unacceptable
condition during a personal inspection.
On Sept. 18, Tackett had an hour-long meeting with the plant's
resident NRC inspector at the plant, during which he brought up his
safety concerns, according to the suit.
He was placed on administrative leave the next day while
management investigated his claims.
Contact staff writer Rick Neale at 419-734-7506 or mailto:rneale@fremont.gannett.com
Originally published Tuesday, December 17, 2002
