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2220 260TH STREET WEST, NEW PRAGUE, MN 56071
Standard 52070720
Standard 19260020 B02
Initial $15,400
Standard 19260021 B02
Initial $15,400
One Excavation Worker Is Killed and One Is Injured in Fall
On August 14, 2013, Employee #1 and Coworker #1, employees of an electrical powe r and communication line construction company, were working as part of a crew as signed to remove accumulated ground water from the bottom of a 50-foot deep pier excavation. They were standing on a suspended rebar cage that had been inserted into the excavation. One of the straps holding the cage in place ripped, causin g Employee #1 and Coworker #1 to be thrown from the cage. They both fell into th e excavation. Employee #1 sustained a puncture to his head. He was killed. Cowor ker #1 sustained an unidentified injury.
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