LEFEBVRE AND SONS, INC.

EMPLOYEE CRUSHED BETWEEN LENGTHS OF SEWER PIPE

AT APPROXIMATELY 7:30 AM EMPLOYEE #1 WAS CRUSHED BETWEEN TWO EIGHT-FOOT LENGTHS OF CONCRETE SEWER PIPE. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS A TRUCK DRIVER FOR LEFEBVRE & SONS TRUCK ING CO. HE PULLED HIS SEMI TRAILER, LOADED WITH SEWER PIPE, ONTO THE SITE AT THE BARTON GRAVEL PIT IN LAKE ELMOE, MINNESOTA. HE UNLOADED THE FIRST LENGTH OF PIP E. WHEN IT WAS ON THE GROUND HE PULLED HIS TRUCK AHEAD AND STARTED TO UNLOAD THE SECOND PIPE. HE REMOVED THE WOODEN BLOCK ON THE PIPE, CAUSING IT TO ROLE BACK O N THE BED OF THE TRUCK TO THE UNLOADER. HE THEN WALKED TO THE PIPE ON THE GROUND AND BEGAN TO CROSS OVER IT TO SET THE WOODEN BLOCK (TO STOP THE ROLLING PIPE). THE PIPE ROLLED FASTER THAN HE EXPECTED AND CAUGHT HIM AS HE WAS CROSSING OVER. HIS HIP AND PELVIS WERE CAUGHT AND CRUSHED BETWEEN TWO EIGHT-FOOT LENGTHS OF PIP E (EACH WEIGHING 12,720 POUNDS). HIS LEFT HIP AND PELVIS WERE BROKEN. HE WAS TRA NSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL WHERE HE UNDERWENT EMERGENCY SURGERY. HE HAS BEEN RELEA SED FROM THE HOSPITAL AND IS AT HOME RECUPERATING.