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5360 NE MAIN STREET, FRIDLEY, MN 55421
Standard 19100147 C06 I
Standard 19100147 F03 II
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Standard 19100147 C07 I
Standard 19100147 F03 I
Standard 19100147 C04 I
Employee dies after being injured in compactor
At approximately 1:30 p.m. on March 8, 2004, Employee #1 and a maintenance super visor were reconnecting one of the cylinders that broke free from its bracket/ho using located on the left rear of a Summit Equipment Compactor (Model Number F66 -4PS; Serial Number 0006736). Employee #1 entered the rear of the powered-down c ompactor while the maintenance supervisor remained on the outside. When the cyli nder became lodged on a reinforcement beam located on the back of the ram, the c ompactor was powered back up to "jog" the ram and free the cylinder. Employee #1 remained inside the rear of the compactor to assist the cylinder. Apparently, t he cylinder broke free, swung and hit the left wall of the compactor, and bounce d back and struck Employee #1's head. He died from his injuries two days later.
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