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14TH ST NW & 2ND AVE NW WESCOTT FIELD, AUSTIN, MN 55912
Standard 19260401 J04
Standard 19260451 I04
Standard 19260450 A02
Standard 19260400 C01
Standard 19260050 D01
Standard 19100134 D02 II
Standard 19260401 A01
Employee suffers fractures in fall from suspended chair
At about 12:00 noon on July 1, 1985, Employee #1 and his foreman were sandblasti ng the inside of a one million gallon water tower, a job they had started around 9:00 a.m. The whirly jig suspended chair suddenly dropped a few feet and Employ ee #1 was thrown out of the chair, falling approximately 20 ft to the floor of t he tank. He suffered multiple fractures to his back, left foot, and ankle. A rop e across the front of the chair had been used as a safety device. Employee #1 st ated that he had been using this homemade rigging device for two weeks prior to the accident, and that it was tested every morning to ensure that it was working properly. It is not known why the chair suddenly dropped a short distance.
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