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310 MAIN ST S, BIWABIK, MN 55708
Standard 182.653(02)
Initial $875
Standard 182.653(08)
Standard 19101200 H01
Standard 52050750
Initial $25,000
Standard 19101200 E01
Employee is killed when run over by garbage truck
At 5:15 a.m. on May 13, 2019, a garbage truck driver working alone. He became crushed between the garbage truck's rear passenger corner (location of the dumping/compacting controls) and one of the metal fence posts of the chain link fence that surrounded the dumpster he was going to empty. The garbage truck moved in reverse and ran over the employee after the driver exited the garbage truck to empty the dumpster.
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