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740 71ST ST, CHANDLER, MN 56122
Standard 19260352 B
Initial $25,000
Standard 19260352 D
Employee killed in fall from wind turbine tower
On November 11, 2005, Employee #1 and two coworkers were removing and replacing a broken bolt in the nacelle assembly of a wind turbine tower. They were heating the bolt with an oxygen-acetylene torch when a fire started. Employee #1 retrea ted to the rear of the nacelle, away from the ladder access area. The two cowork ers were able to descend using the ladder. Employee #1 was killed when he fell a pproximately 200 ft to the ground, striking an electrical transformer box as he landed.
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