[NOT FOR PUBLICATION]


                           UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

                                FOR THE FIRST CIRCUIT

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       No. 96-2161


                                   GLADYS SWEENEY,


                                     Petitioner,


                                         v.


                 DIRECTOR, OFFICE OF WORKERS' COMPENSATION PROGRAMS,

                         UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR,


                                     Respondent.


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                               ON PETITION FOR REVIEW

                             FROM BENEFITS REVIEW BOARD


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                                       Before


                               Torruella, Chief Judge,

                          Boudin and Stahl, Circuit Judges.


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            Marcia J. Cleveland on brief for petitioner.

            Richard  
                    F.  
                        van  
                            Antwerp,  Thomas  
                                             R.  
                                                 Kelly and  Robinson,  
                                                                      Kriger,

       McCallum on brief for respondent Bath Iron Works Corporation.

            Stephen Hessert
                          , 
                            Elizabeth M. Brogan
                                                and 
                                                    Norman, Hanson & DeTroy
                                                                           on

       brief for respondents, Bath Iron Works Corporation and Commercial Union

       Insurance Company.

            Nelson J. Larkins
                             and 
                                 Preti, Flaherty, Beliveau & Pachios
                                                                   , on brief

       for respondents Bath Iron Works Corporation and Birmingham Fire

       Insurance Company.



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                                   August 22, 1997

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                 Per Curiam
                          . Upon careful review of the briefs and record,


               we conclude that the administrative law judge correctly


            determined that during the relevant period petitioner was not


            engaged in "maritime employment" covered under the Longshore


            and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act, 33 U.S.C. S 902(3). That


            determination is not undermined by the fact that petitioner


            cleaned offices occupied by persons who may have been engaged


            in "maritime employment" covered under the Act. Petitioner's


            own duties did not have the requisite maritime characteristics.


            See 
               Graziano v. 
                           General Dynamics Corp.
                                                 , 663 F.2d 340, 343 (1st


            Cir. 1981); Dravo Corp. v. Banks, 567 F.2d 593, 595 (3rd Cir.


            1977).


                 Petitioner's additional arguments regarding her former


            status and gender bias are meritless.


                 Affirmed.  See 1st Cir. Loc. R. 27.1.
























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