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FORD PKWY & W RIVER RD, ST PAUL, MN 55116
Standard 19260451 I07
Standard 19260021 B02
Standard 19260451 I08
Standard 19260106 D
Standard 19260106 C
Standard 19260106 A
Two employees killed, coworker injured in scaffold collapse
At approximately 5:15 p.m. on April 18, 1985, Employees #1 through #3 were suspe nded approximately 50 feet above the Mississippi River on a two-point suspension scaffold. One of the scaffold's cable ends released and the scaffold broke loos e. Employee #1 fell approximately 40 feet onto a bridge pier and died. Employee #2 fell into the river and drowned. Employee #3 was secured to the scaffold guar drail by his safety belt and fell approximately 40 feet with the scaffold end. H e sustained severe abdominal injuries and was hospitalized.
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