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2727 NIAGARA LANE N, PLYMOUTH, MN 55447
Standard 182065302
Initial $20,000
Employee killed by slug ejected from press
At 10:57 p.m. on October 31, 1990, Employee #1 was operating a Niagara 250 ton, full revolution, punch press. He was punching parts when he was hit by a scrap s lug that had stacked under the die. The slug ejected from the press when the upp er die punch contacted the stack. The slug hit the employee in the chest, entere d a lung, and killed him.
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