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Menard flies Wis. workers to staff ND store

November 30, 2012 in The Dickinson Press

BISMARCK Home improvement retailer Menard Inc. said it will hire workers from its home base in Wisconsin and fly them to North Dakota to staff a store in Minot, which is near the state’s booming Oil Patch and has more jobs than takers. Continue Reading

Worker killed in Fort Snelling State Park accident

October 22, 2012 in West Central Tribune

FORT SNELLING STATE PARK (AP) A worker was killed when a backhoe tipped over at Fort Snelling State Park. Continue Reading

City worker resting after exposure to chlorine fumes

July 26, 2012 in West Central Tribune

WILLMAR A Willmar Public Works Department employee was resting at home today after he was exposed to chlorine fumes while performing maintenance at the city-owned Rice Park wading pool Tuesday afternoon. Continue Reading

Falling beam kills construction worker

May 25, 2012 in The Dickinson Press

WEST FARGO A 30-year-old Fargo man died Friday in a construction accident after a 28-foot steel beam fell on him at the high school addition to Sheyenne Ninth Grade Center, police said. Continue Reading

OSHA investigating recent death at Rapid City steel business

May 1, 2012 in The Daily Republic

RAPID CITY (AP) The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is looking into the death of a worker last week at TruNorth Steel in Rapid City.
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Wheat Growers to pay $812,000 fine in worker death

March 14, 2012 in The Daily Republic

OSHA found nearly two dozen violations of grain handling and confined space standards. Continue Reading

911 tapes reveal social worker’s frantic call before fatal Josh Powell blaze

February 8, 2012 in West Central Tribune

Police released 911 calls that revealed a social worker’s frantic attempts to alert authorities that Josh Powell had locked himself in his home with his two young sons, moments before he set off a huge fire that killed all inside. Continue Reading

St. Paul judge blocks union vote for child-care providers

December 5, 2011 in West Central Tribune

ST. PAUL A Ramsey County judge has blocked a child-care worker unionization vote that was to get under way this week. Continue Reading

Fund set for kids of MnDOT worker swept into river

March 25, 2011 in West Central Tribune

ST. PETER, Minn. – Department of Transportation co-workers of a maintenance operator who died after his backhoe was swept into the flooding Minnesota River have established a memorial fund in his name. Continue Reading

MnDOT worker’s body recovered from Minnesota River

March 23, 2011 in West Central Tribune

ST. PETER, Minn. Authorities have found the body of a missing Minnesota Department of Transportation worker whose backhoe was pulled into floodwaters in south-central Minnesota. Continue Reading