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TH394 & LOUISANNA AVE., (STATE #2789-17), GOLDEN VALLEY, MN 55427
Standard 19260601 B01 I
Initial $6,000
State inspector run over and killed by backing-up truck
At approximately 10:30 a.m. on July 24, 1990, Employee #1 and a coworker, both s tate inspectors, were setting up equipment to do a routine, unannounced soil com paction test. Employee #1 was kneeling down to perform his test while the second inspector observed the test procedure and acted as a lookout for equipment in t he area. As the second inspector stood watching heavy haulage-truck traffic comi ng from the west, another vehicle, a tri-axle tandem dump truck, coming from the east, backed into the employees. Employee #1 was crushed and killed. The second inspector was bumped, but not hurt. The truck had no reverse signal alarm.
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