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JUNCTION HIGHWAY 231 AND I-94, MOORHEAD, MN 56560
Standard 19260550 A06
Standard 52070100
Standard 52051210
Standard 19260550 A19
Standard 19260100 A
One killed, one injured when traffic light unit falls
Employees #1 and #2 were on an eight-person crew that was installing a traffic s ignal light with a cross-arm extending over a traffic island. The unit was lifte d into position using the boom of a digger truck, and four employees were holdin g tag guide lines at the outer end of the cross-arm as it was raised. The load l ine broke, and the traffic light unit fell, striking Employees #1 and #2. Employ ee #1 was killed and Employee #2 sustained injuries that required hospitalizatio n.
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