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1195 SUNNYFIELD ROAD N, MOUND, MN 55364
Standard 182065308
Initial $350
Standard 19100147 C07 I
Initial $1,925
Standard 19100147 C04 I
Initial $25,000
Standard 19100147 C06 I
Employee Is Killed When Caught Between Cart Lifter and Door
On October 19, 2011, Employee #1, of Blackowiak Disposal Incorporated, arrived a t the employer's yard to empty his garbage truck. He backed his truck up to the back of a larger truck and emptied his truck's trash. After emptying the contain er, and while the engine was still running, Employee #1 went to the side of his garbage truck and removed small pieces of garbage from the loading area. He was leaning into the loading area, and his lower body activated the toggle switch, w hich hydraulically raised the cart tipper from the side of the garbage truck to a 270 degree angle. As a result of the raised cart tipper pushing the opened gat e into Employee #1's torso, he was crushed against the opening to the loading ar ea and killed.
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