By Pat Sweeney
Jun 22, 2021 | 4:44 PM
The employer of a man who was run over by a large forklift while working on a northern Minnesota oil pipeline project has been cited by state regulators and fined $25,000. Authorities say 45-year-old Jorge Villafuerte III was checking a list of materials at the Enbridge Energy Line 3 site near Hill City while standing behind an industrial forklift when it backed over him. The Minnesota Occupational Safety and Health Administration in May cited Eau Claire, Wisconsin-based Precision Pipeline for a serious safety violation. Precision Pipeline is contesting the citation. Line 3 starts in Alberta and clips a corner of North Dakota before crossing northern Minnesota en route to Enbridge’s terminal in Superior, Wisconsin.
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St. Louis Park nursing home fined after employee died of COVID-19
An investigation found the nursing home violated COVID-19 safety rules.
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A St. Louis Park nursing home has paid Minnesota s largest fine for violating COVID-19 safety rules after an employee got the coronavirus and died.
According to Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry documents obtained by the Star Tribune, Sholom Community Alliance paid $27,100 in fines after David Kolleh, a 61-year-old manager in the memory care unit, died on May 18, 2020. The nursing home was cited for failing to provide an adequate respiratory program for workers, and a Minnesota Occupational Safety and Health Administration inspectors determined the facility s failure caused or contributed to Kolleh s death, documents show.
Sholom Community Alliance paid $27,100 in fines after its employee David Kolleh died last May, according to Minnesota Labor Department inspection files.
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