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8124 HWY 65, MINNEAPOLIS, MN 55432
Standard 19100120 Q01
Standard 182.653(08)
Standard 19100120 Q06
Initial $25,000
Employee is asphyxiated by carbon dioxide leak
On November 21, 2018, an employee was filling carbon dioxide at a fast food restaurant from a tank in the bed of his work truck. The employee connected the hose from his truck into the building connection. The employee then drove away with the hose still connected. The hose ripped from the building and from the truck causing the tank on the truck to release carbon dioxide. The employee then ran into the back of the truck to shut off the tank where he was asphyxiated by the carbon dioxide.
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