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15416 VILLAGE WOODS DR., EDEN PRAIRIE, MN 55334
Standard 19260652 B
Standard 19260651 I01
Standard 19260100 A
Standard 19260021 B02
Standard 19260652 H
Employee killed in trench collapse
At approximately 11:00 a.m. on August 17, 1987, Employee #1 was preparing to lay a length of pipe in an approximately 30 ft long by 4 ft wide by 12 ft deep tren ch. The inadequately sloped and unshored west wall of the trench collapsed, bury ing Employee #1. He died of asphyxia.
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