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1303 RED ROCK RD, ST PAUL, MN 55119
Standard 182065302
Standard 5210063001
STRUCK BY SLING HOOK.
EMPLOYEES WERE LIFTING A METAL FRAME FROM A TABLE WITH A SLING AND CRANE. EMPLOY EE #2 WAS POSITIONING THE HOOKS WHILE EMPLOYEE #1 WAS ABOUT 1 1/2 FEET AWAY, OPE RATING THE CONTROLS. THE FIRST HOOK ON THE DOUBLE LEG SLING WAS IN PLACE AND BEI NG RAISED TO ALLOW POSITIONING OF THE SECOND HOOK. THE SECOND HOOK ACCIDENTALLY CAUGHT THE LIP OF THE TABLE, WAS PULLED TAUT, SLID OFF THE TABLE LIP AND HIT EMP LOYEE #1 IN THE FOREHEAD. HE WAS KILLED. ONE OF THE TWO HOOKS HIT EMPLOYEE #2 IN THE ABDOMEN, CAUSING PULLED MUSCLES, BRUISES AND BACK PAIN.
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