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13330 NEWLANDER AVE., LINDSTROM, MN 55045
Standard 19100176 B
STRUCK BY PRE-CAST CONCRETE PANELWHICH FELL OVER
ON APRIL 2, 1987, AT APPROXIMATELY 12 PM, EMPLOYEES #1 & #2 WERE PREPARING TO HO IST A PRE-CAST CONCRETE PANEL FROM THE STORAGE YARD, USING AN OVERHEAD CRANE. SU DDENLY, WITHOUT WARNING, A DIFFERENT PRE-CAST PANEL BEHIND THE EMPLOYEES COLLAPS ED ON TOP OF THEM. THE PRE-CAST PANEL, WEIGHING APPROXIMATELY 5000 POUNDS AND ME ASURING 8 1/2 INCHES THICK, 10 FEET WIDE AND 21 1/2 FEET LONG, HAD BEEN STORED I N AN UPRIGHT AND UNSECURED POSITION. EMPLOYEE #1 DIED AS A RESULT OF A HEAD INJU RY. EMPLOYEE #2 SUFFERED A CRUSHING-TYPE COMPOUND FRACTURE OF HIS RIGHT LEG.
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