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801 WASHINGTON AVE, MINNEAPOLIS, MN 55401
Standard 19260303 C03
Standard 19261053 B16
Standard 19261053 A01 II
Standard 19260021 B02
Standard 182065308
Standard 19261060 A01 IV
Employee killed when crushed by falling steel pipe
On September 20, 2001, Employee #1 was on a ladder removing the main hot water b oiler pipe from the third floor of a building that was being demolished. The ste el pipe had a 40 ft vertical main section that ran between floors and a 6-ft lon g horizontal stub. The 40 ft long vertical section of pipe was not supported. Wh en Employee #1 disconnected the pipe, the 40-ft section fell and the 6-ft sectio n struck the ladder on which he was standing. This caused the vertical section t o rotate a quarter turn counter-clockwise, knocking Employee #1 off the ladder. The 6-ft section of pipe then fell on top of him. Employee #1 was crushed and ki lled.
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