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8124 LAKELAND AVENUE NORTH, BROOKLYN PARK, MN 55445
Standard 19260651 K01
Initial $25,000
Standard 182065308
Initial $350
Standard 19260652 A01
Initial $25,000
Employee Is Killed in Trench Cave-In
At approximately 9:15 a.m. on July 13, 2011, Employee #1, of RMG Construction Co ntractors Llc, was performing excavation work at a Public Storage building in Br ooklyn Park, MN to fix a lower level water leak. A trench was dug by Superior Ex cavating, a sub-contractor, with a mini-back hoe to approximately 6 ft deep. Emp loyee #1 and another subcontract employee were taking turns hand digging around the water pipe, trying to reach the bottom of the foundation. The excavated wall of the trench collapsed on Employee #1. The owner of RMG witnessed the cave-in and stated it threw Employee #1 up against the block foundation wall and dirt co vered him to around mid-stomach to shoulder level. Employee #1 was not coherent, eventually lost consciousness, and died before he could be removed from the tre nch.
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