WHILE INSPECTING SOME GRAVEL MATERIAL ON THE PIT WALL,THE SIDE OF THE PIT COLLAPSED AND INJURED WAS KNOCKED DOWN BUT NOT BURIED.THE WALL WAS ABOUT 20 FT TALL AND HAD A NEAR VERTICAL SURFACE.TH E MATERIAL WAS GRAVEL WITH SOME CALY THROUGH OUT.THE WALL OF GRAVEL WAS GOING TO BE PROCESSED.
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August 24, 1993
MN · Metal/Non-Metal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
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Hengel Construction · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
Hengel Construction · Struck by falling object
WHILE WITH THE PLANT OPERATOR AND HIS FATHER THE SIDE OF THE PIT THEY WERE STANDING BY COLLAPSED.THIS BURIED INJURED PERSON UNDER ABOUT 5 FFET OF GRAVEL.HE WAS TAKEN TO NORTH MEMORIAL HOSPITAL IN THE TWIN CITIES WHERE HE PASSED AWAY ON WEDNES DAY,AUGUST 25,1993 AT 2:00PM.
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