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HWY 11 W, BAUDETTE, MN 56623
Standard 5210063001
Standard 19100178 M05 III
Initial $5,687
Standard 19100178 M02
Initial $5,687
Standard 19100178 L
Initial $2,625
Standard 52100420
Standard 182065302
Initial $5,687
Employee suffocates when pinned by forklift forks
Employee #1 was going to pick up 20 ft long, 3 in. by 5 in. steel pipe. He appar ently raised the forks before leaving the forklift cab. His coat caught on the c ontrols, causing the forks to fall and catch him against the forklift frame. He was killed. A preliminary autopsy report indicated the cause of death as compres sion suffocation.
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