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13095 N HWY 23, SPICER, MN 56288
Standard 182065308
Employee killed in fall from ladder
On December 31, 2001, Employee #1 was checking the company inventory for parts l ocated on a shelf in the show room. He was working from a 6-foot Werner fibergla ss step ladder (five rungs and a top step) that was placed near the shelf. He wa s reading part numbers from boxes and was recording them on a piece of paper. Th ere was no witness to the fall, but another employee, the co-owner, found Employ ee #1 laying on the floor next to the ladder, which was tipped on its right side . His feet and legs were tangled in the second rung of the ladder. Employee #1 s truck his head on the floor, which was concrete covered with carpeting and a rug , and was killed.
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