SCHWARTZ, Judge.
Antonio Ruiz was a welder who was injured while working in the maintenance yard of his employer, the Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Company. Alleging employer negligence, he sued Great Lakes for his injuries under the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C. § 688, and now appeals from a summary judgment against him which was based on the sole ground that he was not a "seaman" and thus not entitled to maintain such an action. We affirm.
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